SA POWERLIFTING - Port Elizabeth

The SA Powerlifting Federation is one of 87 member nations of the International Powerlifting Federation, which, in turn, is aligned to the World Games Association, the GAISF which is a member of the International Olympic Committee. The SAPF subscribes fully with the South African Institute for Drug Free Sport and the IOC’s drug testing policies and as such lifters are tested for substance abuse both in and out of competition. The South African Powerlifting Federation really only came into existence as a follow on from the old South African Amateur Powerlifting Federation in 1992. The background to the above scenario goes back to the times where under the old dispensation South African sportsmen were banned (in a lot of cases) from competing internationally. Powerlifting was in the  

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same boat and prior to 1992 we aligned ourselves with a new and very small international powerlifting world body that at least allowed SA lifters the opportunity of competing internationally. With the new political dispensation in South Africa and the sporting bans being lifted approaches were made to the International Powerlifting Federation for re admittance.