Hassan Akkuş from Turkey has been elected as the new President of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF).
According to the ECO Cultural Institute, quoting Anadolu News Agency, Hassan Akkus became the president of the European Weightlifting Federation during the voting in Moscow.
In a poll in which Hassan Akkuş of Turkey and Antonio Confilte of Moldova were nominated, Akkuş was declared the new president of the federation with 28 votes in favor out of a total of 44 votes.
Akkuş was previously the President of the Turkish Weightlifting Federation and the Secretary General of the European Weightlifting Federation.