Following on from this week's interview with Phil Andrews, CEO of USA Weightlifting (USAW), Business Of Sport asks him how he runs an organization with over 27,000 active members across the US. What do you think are the key assets of a CEO to help grow an organisation? "The most important asset for me…
The sport of weightlifting is as old as human life, with prehistoric tribes reckoned to test each other by lifting heavy rocks. Weightlifting is also deeply ingrained in the Olympics, with the sport being part of the first modern Olympics held in 1896 in Athens. The sport was broadened out to include female competition…