What is European Weightlifting Federation?
{{Infobox organization | name = European Weightlifting Federation | bgcolor = <!-- header background color --> | fgcolor = <!-- header text color --> | image = | image_border = | size = | alt = <!-- alt text; see [[WP:ALT]] --> | caption = | map = | msize = 300px | malt = <!-- map alt text --> | mcaption = | abbreviation = EWF | motto = | formation = 1969 | extinction = <!-- date of extinction, optional --> | type = [[List of international sport federations|Federation of national associations]] | status = <!-- ad hoc, treaty, foundation, etc --> | purpose = <!-- focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc --> | headquarters = [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]] | coords = | region_served = Europe | membership = | language = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | main_organ = <!-- gral. assembly, board of directors, etc --> | parent_organization = <!-- if one --> | affiliations = [[International Olympic Committee]] | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | budget = | website = {{URL|http://www.ewfed.com/}} | remarks = }} The '''European Weightlifting Federation''' ('''EWF''') was founded in 1969<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ewfed.com/cat.php?id=1&akid=8|title=History of the European Weightlifting Federation by Gottfried Schödl / EWF Honorary President|publisher=European Weightlifting Federation|access-date=23 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110153518/http://ewfed.com/cat.php?id=1&akid=8|archive-date=10 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is the body governing and organizing the [[European Weightlifting Championships]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Associations: Internati