Australian Weightlifting Federation

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Australian Weightlifting Federation
Official website

Sport	Weightlifting
Jurisdiction	National
Abbreviation	(AWF)
Founded	1947 (1947)
Affiliation	International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
Regional affiliation	Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF)
Headquarters	Australia
www.awf.com.au

The Australian Weightlifting Federation is the governing body for the sport of Weightlifting in Australia.

Structure

The national body has eight state member associations:

Weightlifting ACT
Northern Territory Weightlifting Assoc Inc
NSW Weightlifting Assoc Limited
Queensland Weightlifting Assoc Inc
South Australian Weightlifting Assoc Inc
Victorian Weightlifting Assoc Inc
Weightlifting Tasmania Inc
Weightlifting Western Australia Inc

External links

v t e National members of the International Weightlifting Federation
Disciplines Olympic weightlifting
Africa (WFA)	ALG BOT CGO CMR COD COM EGY ETH GAM GHA GUI KEN LBA LBR LES MAD MAR MAW MLI MTN MRI NGR RSA SEN SEY SLE SOM SUD SWZ TAN TUN UGA ZAM ZAN ZIM
Americas (PAWF)	ANT ARG ARU BAH BAR BIZ BOL BRA CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB CUR DOM ECU ESA GUA GUY HAI HON ISV JAM MEX NCA PAN PAR PER PUR SUR TCI TRI URU USA VEN VIN
Asia (AWF)	AFG BAN BHU BRN BRU CAM CHN HKG INA IND IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PHI PLE PRK QAT SIN SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TLS TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
Europe (EWF)	ALB ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA GBR GEO GER GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LTU LUX MDA MLT MON NED NIR NOR POL POR ROU RUS SCO SLO SMR SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR WAL
Oceania (OWF)	ASA AUS COK FIJ FSM GUM KIR MHL NCL NFI NIU NMI NRU NZL PLW PNG PYF SAM SOL TGA TUV VAN
Pinnacle Events Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships

v t e Sports governing bodies in Australia (AUS)
Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball/Beach volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short track Ice hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross country Nordic combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Aerobatics Aero-modelling Gliding Parachuting Auto racing Bandy Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Cue sports Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lacrosse Motor racing Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Power Boating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby union Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Lifesaving Non-surf Surf Underwater sports Waterski and wakeboard Wushu
Paralympics and disabled sports	Blind sports Disabled Wintersport Australia
Other sports	Arm wrestling Australian rules football Backgammon Bowls Broomball Brasilian Jiu Jitsu Croquet Darts Drag racing Draughts Fullbore rifle Gaelic games Greyhound racing Gridiron Harness racing Jujutsu Karting Kendo Mixed martial arts Muaythai Parkour Pickleball Pitch and Putt Polocrosse Powerlifting Professional boxing Radio-controlled racing Thoroughbred horse racing Quidditch Real tennis Rugby league Rodeo Sambo Skateboarding Touch football Woodchopping
Multi-sport organisations	Australian Olympic Committee Commonwealth Games Australia Confederation of Australian Sport Deaf Sports Australia Paralympics Australia
Government bodies	National Sports Tribunal Sport Integrity Australia Australian Sports Commission

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