International Powerlifting Federation
| Sport | Powerlifting |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Worldwide |
| Abbreviation | IPF |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg |
| President | Sigurjon Petursson (interim) |
| Official website | |
| www | |
The International Powerlifting Federation is an international governing body for the sport of powerlifting as recognized by the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).
The IPF was founded in 1972, and comprises member federations from more than one hundred countries with new ones being added yearly. The first president of the federation was Robert Christ, from the United States of America.
The current interim IPF president is Sigurjon Petursson, from Iceland, after Gaston Parage resigned on 11th of March 2025. Parage was the longest serving IPF president, heading up the organisation for 13 years.
The IPF is the largest powerlifting federation in the world.
IPF is a drug-tested powerlifting federation that restricts supportive equipment in both equipped and raw competitions to an approved list which is updated from time to time. Typically in equipped competition the usage is limited to single-ply polyester shirts and suits with wrist and knee wraps while soft suits and neoprene knee sleeves are permitted in the classic powerlifting division (referred to as unequipped or raw competition).