Historical view of the EPF Officials from 1977 to 2023
By Arnulf Wahlstrøm
EPF mile stones
Foundation
EPF was founded 14. May 1977 in Turku, Finland and the first 10 years of its history, EPF’s responsibility as organisation mainly was to direct the various European championships. IPF took care of the general “policy” of the European powerlifting as well as world wide. Most of this period IPF and EPF had “common administration “ as Vic Mercer from GB was president and Arnold Boström from Sweden general secretary in both federations.
Constitution and By-Laws
At the EPF Congress in 1987 an EPF Constitution and By-Laws prepared by Vic Mercer, Heiner Köberich and John Moody was accepted by the Congress delegates. This was a mile-stone in the history of EPF and from that year EPF had the power to structure European powerlifting to a strong and efficient sport under the umbrella of the IPF.
Vice Presidents
Up to 1986 one EPF vice president from each member country was appointed at the yearly Congress. These vice presidents had no “executive mandates” and were not appointed to take care of any practical duties for EPF. This changed in 1987 with the EPF Constitution. From 1988 only one EPF vice president was elected every 4 year being a member of the EPF Executive.
Two presidents died
Two of the past EPF presidents died under their presidency. Helge Stave from Norway acted as president only one and a half year before he died in 1981 and Wouter v. d. Toorn from the Netherlands was president for only 2 years when he died in 1989.
Soviet Union
A new dimension in European and World wide powerlifting was introduced when the former Soviet Union countries joined EPF and IPF starting from about 1990. The process to opening up Eastern Europe started in 1984 with Czecho-Slovakia and Poland. The Baltic Cup was promoted by EPF and organised from 1987 and played an important part in recruiting new IPF and EPF member countries from Eastern Europe.
EPF Officials 1977 - 2023
The EPF Executive consists of the President, Vice President, General Secretary, Treasurer, the Technical Committee Chairman, Law and Legislation Committee Chairman and Championship Secretary.
President
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
1977 - 1980 | Jaakko Parviainen | Finland |
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1980 - 1981 | Helge Stave | Norway | Died in December 1981 |
1982 - 1988 | Vic Mercer | GB | Died 28 January 2007 |
1988 - 1990 | Wouter v.d. Toorn | Netherlands | Died in January 1990 |
1990 - 2023 | Arnulf Wahlstrøm | Norway |
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2023 - | Bjørn Astad | Norway |
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Honorary President
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
2023 | Arnulf Wahlstrøm | Norway |
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Vice President
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
1977 - 1988 | One from each EPF member Nation |
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1988 - 1998 | John Moody | GB |
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1999 - 2003 | Klaus Broström | Denmark |
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2003 â?? 2007 | Kalevi Sorsa | Finland |
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2007 - 2008 | Myriam Busselot | Belgium |
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2008 - 2013 | Ralph Farquharson | England |
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2013 - 2023 | Sandro Rossi | Italy | |
2023 - | Stephane Hatot | France |
General Secretary
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
1977 - 1980 | Wally Holland | GB |
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1980 - 1986 | Arnold Boström | Sweden |
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1986 - 2003 | Heiner Köberich | Germany |
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2003 - 2005 | Ralph Farquharson | GB |
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2005 -2012 | Dietmar Wolf | Norway |
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2013 - 2023 | Ralph Farquharson | GB (Spain) | |
2023 - | Tetiana Melnyk | Ukraine |
Treasurer
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
1977 - 1986 | Not elected |
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1986 - 2003 | Heiner Köberich | Germany |
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2003 - 2005 | Ralph Farquharson | GB |
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2005 - 2015 | Alain Hammang | Luxembourg |
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2015 - 2019 | Linda Hoeiland | Norway | |
2019 - | Xavier de Puytorac | France |
Technical com. Chairman
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
1977 - 1988 | Not elected |
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1988 - 1998 | John Moody | GB | Chair |
1999 - 2007 | Myriam Busselot | Belgium | Chair |
2007 - 2007 | Joachim Lehmann | Germany | Withdrew after 2 months in office. |
2007 - 2014 - 2019 | Myriam Busselot Johnny Wiklund | Belgium Sweden | Chair Member |
Law & Legisl. com. Chairman
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
1977 - 1988 | Not elected |
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1988 - 1995 | Davide Cantoni | Italy |
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1995 - 2003 | Klaus Boström | Denmark |
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2003 - 2005 | Dietmar Wolf | Norway |
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2005 - 2007 | Kseniya Aloyeva | Ukraine |
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2007 - 2012 | Sandro Rossi | Italy |
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2013 - 2019 | Jari Rantapelkonen | Finland | |
2019 - 2023 | Tero Hyttinen | Finland | |
2023 - | Sandro Rossi | Italy |
Auditor (Finance com. Chairman until 2007)
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
1977 - 1988 | Not elected |
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1988 - 1992 | Detlev Albrings | Germany |
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1992 - 1995 | Fritz Seese | Germany |
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1995 - 1998 | Detlev Albrings | Germany |
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1999 - | Pavol Müller | Slovakia | 2 persons in the Finance Com. from 2009 |
1999 - 2015 - 2019 | Pavol Müller Thomas Högberg | Slovakia Sweden | |
1999 - 2023 2019 - | Pavol Müller Silva Katutyte | Slovakia Lithuania | |
2019 - 2023 - | Silva Katutyte Görel Nedim | Lithuania Luxemburg |
Disciplinary com. Chairman
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
1977 - 1988 | Not elected |
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1988 - 1996 | Fritz Seese | Germany |
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1996 - 2019 | Pavol Müller | Slovakia | EPF DC dissolved. Function transferred to IPF |
Chairman of the Appeal Committee
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
2001 - 2003 | Kalevi Sorsa | Finland |
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2003 - 2009 | Detlev Albrings | Germany |
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2010 - 2019 | Morten Novum | Norway | EPF AC dissolved. Function transferred to IPF |
Chairman of the Women's Committee
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
2007 - 2008 | Tone Ingebretsen | Norway |
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2008 - | Maria Pia Moscianese | Italy |
Championship Secretary
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
2003 - 2019 | Jiri Hofirek | Czech Rep. |
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2019 - 2023 | Bjørn Astad | Norway | |
2023 - | Tero Hyttinen | Finland |
Record Registrar
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
1977 - 1980 | Wally Holland | GB |
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1980 - 1986 | Arnold Boström | Sweden |
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1986 - 1996 | Daniel VanDeWalle | Belgium |
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1996 - 2008 | Jari Tähtinen | Finland |
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2009 - | Anatoliy Stetsenko | Ukraine |
Internet Officer
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
1995 - 2009 | David Hinchley | GB |
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2009 - 2015 | costra Agentur Ries GmbH | Germany | |
2015 - | Eric Rupp | Germany |
Doping Control Officer
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
2003 - 2021 | Arnulf Wahlstrøm | Norway | Function transferred to IPF from 2022. |
Media Officer / Secretary
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
2007 - 2009 | Anton Kraft | Denmark |
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2010 - 2021 | Ralph Farquharson | GB | |
2021 - | Juliette Memmott | GB |
Facebook / Twitter Manager
Year | Name | Country | Remarks |
2013 - 2021 | Louise Edwards | GB |
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2021 - | Juliette Memmott | GB |
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