THE ASIAN FEDERATION

In conjunction with the 2009 Asian Championships in Aurangabad, India, the Asian Congress was held and the new Asian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness [AFBF] was formed, with Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa from Bahrain as the first President. Weight training and bodybuilding lifestyle is not a something new to Sheikh Al Khalifa In his inaugural speech he informed –
“I personally got involved in bodybuilding through fitness and since then many different aspects of my daily life have changed. Bodybuilding teaches us discipline, determination and, above all, dedication to the sport.”

Nobody can better understand athletes and their problems than person who have to solve the same problems, even in a smaller scale, in his everyday life and in his workouts.

The other officials of the Asian Federation [AFBF] Executive Council:

Mr. Tatsuya FUJIWARA (Japan) – Vice-President
Mr. Hong Young PYO (Korea) – Vice-President
Mr. Arhama Ghanim AL REMAIHI (Qatar) – Vice-President
Dr. Nazeh Abdel RAHIM (Palestine) – Vice-President
Mr. Bader Jassim BOODAI (Kuwait) – Vice-President
Sir Jeffery SCHAUCROFT (Sri Lanka) – Vice-President

Mr. Mahmudov ULUGBEG (Uzbekistan) – member
Mr. Hariton TCHOUBANIAN (Lebanon) – member
Mr. Ochir GANBAATAR (Mongolia) – member
Mr. Rafik IPKAYEV (Kazakhstan) – member
Sheikh Farooq IGBAL (Pakistan) - member

We congratulate them to be elected to the AFBF Executive Council and wish them a successful term. A couple of pictures from the Asian Congress below.

AFBF championships is being inaugurated by flaming the holy lamp by IFBB officials From Right to Left: Sanjay More AFBF General Secretary, IBBF President, Ranjit Sinh Mohte Patil, IFBB Executive assistant to President, Fahiam, President of AFBF, Bahrain's Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa and IBBF President, Dr. Rafael Santonja

IBBF Officials were blessed by IFBB President Dr. Rafael Santonja, IFBB Executive Assistanat to President Dr. Eng. Adel Fahem Al Sayaed, Assistant General Secretary of IFBB, William Tierney, Wanda Tierney (chairperson of the women's committee, IFBB), Mauricio de Arruda (Brazil) during the 43rd. Asian Bodybuilding Championships at Aurangabad Maharashtra.

AFBF OFFICIALS