Tamás Aján (born 12 January 1939) is the former President of the International Weightlifting Federation from 2000 to 2020 and formerly a member of the International Olympic Committee until 2010.
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42-604: Is the international governing body for the sport of Weightlifting . Headquartered in Lausanne , Switzerland, it has 193 affiliated national federations. Mohammed Hasan Jalood is its president since June 2022. The IWF organizes the World Weightlifting Championships , as well as world championship events for Youth and Juniors . It also cooperates with the International Olympic Committee in
63-739: The Budapest University of Physical Education in 1964 with a Ph.D. in physical education . He had a varied career in the Department of Sports and Ministry of Sports and Physical Education, as well as a number of academic posts. He was the Secretary General of the Hungarian Olympic Committee from 1989 to 2005. From 1975 to 2000 he was Secretary General of the International Weightlifting Federation, and
84-606: The "Internationaler Amateur-Weltverband für Schwerathletik." In 1920, the federation split into separate organizations for weightlifting and wrestling, creating the Fédération Internationale de Poids et Halteres (International Federation of Weights and Dumbbells) for weightlifters, which then became the Fédération Haltérophile International ( FHI ). In 1972, the Federation officially changed to
105-529: The English version of this name by which it is now known—the International Weightlifting Federation. In 2020 an investigative television program, broadcast on German TV network ARD , exposed doping and corruption scandals within the sport. A subsequent investigation into the IWF, found that doping – an historic problem within the sport – was exacerbated by systematic governance failures, corruption, and doping cover-ups at
126-754: The IOC’s sanctions against the Russian and Belarusian State and Government. The IWF believes strongly in the unifying mission of sport and the Olympic Movement and welcomes the exploration of a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under strict conditions. The IWF will uphold the current protective measures in place while this pathway is considered." IWF's affiliated continental federations are: Tam%C3%A1s Aj%C3%A1n Born in Gherla (Szamosújvár), Romania into an ethnic Hungarian family. Aján graduated from
147-555: The IWF at the time of the investigation. The report stated that nowhere in the IWF constitution is there a position for a Director General as Aján created the position himself in 2014. The reports findings also concluded that Aján personally collected all anti-doping violation fines and that there was around $ 10.5 million unaccounted for in the IWF's accounts, as well as 41 positive doping tests that were covered up and 130 that were never processed, including two athletes who had won gold and silver medals at world championships. One instance in
168-552: The Olympic Movement. Tamas Ajan married Marta Ajan in 1969 and they had 3 kids together: Andrea, Anita and Attila. He now also has 3 grandchildren: Panni Alexandra (2009), Emma Elizabeth (2014) and Milan (2021). In January 2020, an undercover documentary aired on German TV which made serious allegations of financial malpractice and corruption of Anti-Doping Procedures against Aján. This led to him resigning as an IOC honorary member and temporarily stepping aside as president whilst an investigation, headed by professor Richard McLaren ,
189-641: The Olympics unless substantial reforms are made to the sport. Consequently, as of 2021, weightlifting isn't in the line up of the 2028 Olympics. There is, nevertheless, a pathway for weightlifting's potential inclusion, if all issues are satisfactorily addressed by the new leadership of IWF before a key meeting of the International Olympic Committee in 2023. The IOC requires the IWF to demonstrate its transition "towards compliance and an effective change of culture", and successfully address doping within
210-517: The President was Austrian. The culture of fear was so strong that many IWF members refused to co-operate with the investigation and many of Aján's supporters had gained their positions in the IWF's executive board through vote-buying and bribes. Aján himself was said to have gained his re-election as president through vote buying on multiple occasions and his own son-in-law was the Director General of
231-429: The formation of the "Amateur-Athleten-Weltunion" (Amateur Athletes World Union) in 1905. The IWF's predecessor organization, the "Amateur-Athleten-Weltunion" (Amateur Athletes World Union) was founded in 1905. This organization governed both weightlifting and wrestling. In 1912 this became the "Internationaler Weltverband für Schwerathletik" (International Federation of Heavy Athletics), adding "Amateur" in 1913 to become
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#1732916621046252-448: The highest level of IWF; with Tamás Aján , president of IWF from 2000 to 2020, being found guilty by the Court of Arbitration for Sport of charges relating to tampering, fraudulent conduct and complicity in covering-up years of doping cases. Citing endemic corruption in IWF, and widespread doping issues, the International Olympic Committee has threatened to drop weightlifting entirely from
273-434: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OWF&oldid=1157403116 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oceania Weightlifting Federation The International Weightlifting Federation , aka IWF ,
294-499: The organization of Weightlifting events at the Olympic Games ; however weightlifting's inclusion in the 2028 Olympics is uncertain, due to doping issues within the sport, and governance issues within IWF, and weightlifting's inclusion is expected to be decided by an IOC meeting in 2023. Weightlifting is scheduled as a sport in the upcoming 2024 Olympics , but with reduced numbers of athletes and events. IWF traces its history to
315-597: The report stated that members from the Albanian Weightlifting Federation drove from Tirana to Budapest with nearly $ 75,000 cash to pay an Anti-Doping fine to Aján so that Albania would not be banned from competing at the 2016 Olympics . Carrying such amounts of money over the border and not declaring it is a violation of Albanian law. All Anti-Doping information was passed to the World Anti-Doping Agency for investigation. In June 2021, Aján
336-457: The sport and "ensure the integrity, robustness, and full independence of its anti-doping programme." In 2020, in response to the scandal, IWF, being temporarily run by interim acting president Ursula Papandrea, initiated relocation of its headquarters from Aján's home city of Budapest to Lausanne , Switzerland, where the headquarters of the IOC is also located. In June 2022, a new IWF executive board
357-452: The timing and venue of Board meetings all when he should not have done. On 15 April 2020, Aján resigned as President of the International Weightlifting Federation. Shortly before he resigned, it was claimed that Aján had withdrawn his annual salary of $ 413,000 plus a further $ 7,100 from the accounts of the IWF to his personal accounts, even though he was not authorised to do so. On 4 June 2020, professor Richard McLaren's independent report
378-517: Was carried out. In a leaked email after stepping aside, it was alleged that Aján had made 'insults and implicit threats' to IWF interim-president Ursula Papandrea, including to have her arrested. He was also accused of taking part in conference calls, obstructing access to IWF bank accounts, overseeing a bank transfer, conducting “business as usual” with the IWF Secretariat in Budapest and interfering in
399-649: Was elected by IWF's member federations, with the new president Mohammed Hasan Jalood saying he is "dedicated" to "positive change". Weightlifting is scheduled as part of the 2024 Olympics program in Paris, although with reduced numbers of athletes, weight-classes, and events. In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , the IWF suspended athletes, coaches, and support personnel from Russia and Belarus on March 3, 2022, and forbade Russia from hosting any IWF competitions. In January 2023, IWF stated: "The IWF stands in solidarity with Ukraine and reaffirms its support for
420-466: Was published. The report stated that Aján operated a 'culture of fear' in his pursuit of 'absolute control' of the IWF. Aján was the General Secretary of the IWF between 1975 and 2000 however, the report said that he was the de facto President without the title during this time. This was demonstrated in 1982 when the IWF headquarters moved from Austria to Aján's country Hungary, despite the fact that
441-624: Was the Federation's president from 2000 to 2020. As President, he was elected to the IOC in 2000. He has also served as a council member of the World Anti-Doping Agency . He is also Vice President of the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF). In 2010 he received the Olympic Order on 28 February 2010 in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, this is awarded to individuals for particularly distinguished contribution to
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