IWF Congratulates Iran for Sending Women Weightlifters to World Championships
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – International Weightlifting Federation has congratulated the Iranian federation for sending four female weightlifters to the 2019 IWF World Championships.
The competition is taking place on September 18-27 in Pattaya, Thailand.
At the IWF Congress, which took place in Pattaya with representatives from 100 Member Federations, Special congratulations were reserved for the Member Federation of Iran which has sent female athletes to this year’s World Championships for the first time.
Poupak Basami (55kg), Abrisham Arjomandkhah (64kg), Elham Hosseini (71kg) and Parisa Jahanfekrian (87kg) are the Iranian women participating in the competition.
On Friday Basami will make history by becoming the first Iranian woman to compete at the World Weightlifting Championships in the 55kg division.
While the nation has been a powerhouse in men's competition for several years, it was not until 2017 that the Iranian Weightlifting Federation allowed women to compete officially.
Basami was the first Iranian woman to take part in a major senior event, lifting at April's Asian Championships in Ningbo, China.
