BAHRAIN Weightlifting Federation chairman Eshaq Ebrahim Eshaq has been elected as a member of the executive committee of the Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) for the 2023-2026 term, at the federation’s general assembly meeting held in Doha, Qatar.
Eshaq secured 84 per cent of the votes (37 votes out of 44 members).
His victory marked a new administrative achievement in the history of Bahraini sports and weightlifting, in particular, being the first Bahraini to be elected to the AWF executive committee since its inception in 1958.