The Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) is the official governing body for the sport of weightlifting in Asia. The federation was established in 1958, Japan. It is responsible for organizing competitions such as the Asian Weightlifting Championships and setting down rules and guidelines. Given the size of Asia, the federation has specific organisations operating in its countries such as the Japan Weightlifting Association, etc.
Events Main article : Asian Weightlifting Championships (open age) Main article : Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships (15 - 20 age) Main article : Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships (13 - 17 age) Main article : Asian Masters Weightlifting Championships (+35 age) Main article : Asian Club Weightlifting Championships (clubs : junior and senior)
Members & Executive Board Under the Olympic Council of Asia, it has 45 member weightlifting associations under their respective National Olympic Committees, split by regional zones; NationCodeNational Olympic CommitteeWest Asia Zone (Zone 1)BRNBahrain Olympic CommitteeIRINational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of IranIRQNational Olympic Committee of IraqJORJordan Olympic CommitteeKUWKuwait Olympic CommitteeLBNLebanese Olympic CommitteeOMAOman Olympic CommitteePLEPalestine Olympic CommitteeQATQatar Olympic CommitteeKSASaudi Arabian Olympic CommitteeSYRSyrian Olympic CommitteeUAEUnited Arab Emirates National Olympic CommitteeYEMYemen Olympic CommitteeCentral Asia Zone (Zone 2)AFGAfghanistan National Olympic CommitteeKAZNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of KazakhstanKGZNational Olympic Committee of the Kyrgyz RepublicTJKNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of TajikistanTKMNational Olympic Committee of TurkmenistanUZBNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of UzbekistanSouth Asia Zone (Zone 3)BANBangladesh Olympic AssociationBHUBhutan Olympic CommitteeINDIndian Olympic AssociationMDVMaldives Olympic CommitteeNEPNepal Olympic CommitteePAKPakistan Olympic AssociationSRINational Olympic Committee of Sri LankaEast Asia Zone (Zone 4)CHNChinese Olympic CommitteeTPEChinese Taipei Olympic CommitteeHKGSports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, ChinaJPNJapanese Olympic CommitteePRKOlympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of KoreaKORKorean Sport & Olympic CommitteeMACMacau Sports and Olympic CommitteeMGLMongolian National Olympic CommitteeSoutheast Asia Zone (Zone 5)BRUBrunei Darussalam National Olympic CouncilCAMNational Olympic Committee of CambodiaINAIndonesian Olympic CommitteeLAONational Olympic Committee of LaoMASOlympic Council of MalaysiaMYAMyanmar Olympic CommitteePHIPhilippine Olympic CommitteeSGPSingapore National Olympic CouncilTHANational Olympic Committee of ThailandTLSNational Olympic Committee of Timor-LesteVIEVietnam Olympic Committee
Executive Board:
President : Mohamed Yousef Al Mana (Qatar)
General Secretary: Mohamed Ahmed Al Harbi (KSA)
1st Vice President: Mohamed Hassan Jaloud (Iraq)
Vice Presidents:
Shakrillo Mahmudov (Uzbekistan) Sung Young Choi (South Korea) Meng Bo (China) Abdulla Al Jarmal (Yemen) Monico Puentavella (Philippines)
Executive Board Members:
Ahmed Mohyuddin (Bangladesh) Ebrahem Alemyan (Jordan) Sajjad Anoushiravini (Iran) Sen Gupta (Nepal) Eshaq Ebrahim Eshaq (Bahrain) Junichi Okada (Japan) Meco Chang (Taiwan) Hassanin Alchikh (Syria) Omurzhan Moldodosov (Kyrgyzstan) Khodr Moukalled (Lebanon) Hafiz Imran Butt (Pakistan)
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