The International Powerlifting Federation is an international governing body for the sport of

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as recognized by the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF). The IPF was founded in 1972, and comprises member federations from more than one hundred countries with new ones being added yearly. The current IPF president is Gaston Parage, from

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. The first president of the federation was Robert Christ. The IPF is the largest powerlifting federation in the world. IPF is a drug-tested powerlifting federation that restricts supportive equipment in both equipped and raw competitions to an approved list which is updated from time to time. Typically in equipped competition the usage is limited to single-ply polyester shirts and suits with wrist and knee wraps while soft suits and neoprene knee sleeves are permitted in the classic powerlifting division (referred to as unequipped or raw competition).

World championships

* IPF Classic Powerlifting World Championships * IPF World Open Powerlifting Championships * IPF World Bench Press Championship *IPF Classic Bench Press World Championship

List of national affiliates by region

Africa

* Federation Algerienne Et De Powerlifting * Cameroon Powerlifting Federation * Ghana Powerlifting Federation * Libyan Powerlifting Federation * Libyan Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Federation * Moroccan Powerlifting/Armwrestling Association * South African Powerlifting Federation * Sierra Leone Powerlifting Association

Asia

Asian Powerlifting Federation Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

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Afghanistan Powerlifting Federation Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...

Uzbekistan Powerlifting Federation Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

Europe

* European Powerlifting Federationbr>(''link'')
* Armenian Powerlifting Federation * Österreichischer Verband für Kraftdreikampf (OEVK) * Belarus Powerlifting Federation *

Royal Belgian Weightlifting Federation Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, ...

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* Ukraine Powerlifting Federation

North America

* Bahamas Powerlifting Federation * British Virgin Islands Powerlifting Federation * Canadian Powerlifting Unionbr>(''link'')
* Cayman Islands Powerlifting Organization * Asociacion Deportiva de Levantamiento de Potencia (ADELEPO) * Dominican Republic Powerlifting Federation - Provisional Member * Federación Nacional de Levantamiento de Potencia de Guatemala * Federación Mexicana de Powerlifting (FEMEPO) * Powerlifting America *

Puerto Rico Powerlifting Federation Puerto, a Spanish word meaning ''seaport'', may refer to: Places * El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain *Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines * Puerto Colombia, Colombia * Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela * Puerto Galera, Or ...

* Trinidad & Tobago Powerlifting Federation * Virgin Islands Powerlifting Federation

Oceania

* Australian Powerlifting Union AP
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* Fiji Powerlifting Federation * Kiribati Powerlifting Federation - Provisional Member * Marshall Islands Powerlifting Federation * Comite Regional Halterophilie Force Athletique, Musculation et Culturisme de Nou * New Zealand Powerlifting Federation * Niue Island Powerlifting Association * Papua New Guinea Amateur Weightlifting Association * Nauru Powerlifting Federation *

Samoa Powerlifting Federation Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...

* Tonga Powerlifting Federation *

Tuvalu Powerlifting Federation The Tuvalu Powerlifting Federation (TPF) is the organisation recognised by the International Powerlifting Federation as the powerlifting federation of Tuvalu. History Tuvalu qualified 15 athletes in powerlifting to represent Tuvalu at the 2015 ...

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South America

* Federacion Argentina de Levantamientos de Potencia * Confederacao Brasileira de Levantamentos Básicos (CBLB) * Federación Colombiana de Levantamiento de Potencia (FECOP) * Federación Ecuatoriana de Fisico Culturismo y Levantamiento de Potencia (FEFICU) * Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation * Federacion Deportiva Nacional de Levantamiento de Potencia (FDNLP) * Federacion Uruguaya de Potencia

References

External links

Official IPF web site
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