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History of weightlifting

Since time immemorial, people who possessed physical strength tried to demonstrate to others their power competing with them. In trying to prove who was stronger,lifted weights diverse: rock stone and iron, which makes clear that Ia display and measurement of the force has been one of the favorite pastimes in the past. According to contemporary records havecome to use different media for the development of force. For several centuries, weightlifting served only to demonstrate courage of those who practiced it, a feat admired men who were dedicated to theshow and circus acrobats. In the second half of the nineteenth century, when they were born many modern sports was when weightlifting begins to emerge as sport itself. The first school ofweightlifting was founded in Vienna by Wilhelm Türk, Viennese champion. Türk introduced organized training for young Austrians in 1884. The title of champion Wilhelm, the work of the school and the kilos in twotimes achieved in 1880 Alfred Palavicini (also Austrian), are evidence that weightlifting hundred years ago enjoyed a certain popularity and fans had . This is supported by the organization of thefirst European Championships held in Rotterdam in March 1896, in that year, weightlifting was on the agenda of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. The first world championship was held in Vienna inAugust 1898. The roots of our sport are therefore deep, and the only reason that progress has not been faster in the late XIX (although even then championships were held) was the lack of a leadorganization, which did not happen until 1920, when he founded the International Weightlifting Federation. Until then, weightlifting was led by the International Federation of Wrestling and regulated for along time as a Cinderella.

Since the founding of the IWF, weightlifting has been transformed several times in search of the optimal state, and now, one hundred years after its inception, the...