International Union of Kettlebell Lifting

International Union of Kettlebell Lifting
SportKettlebell
Membership63 countries
AbbreviationIUKL
FoundedAugust 2007 (2007-08)
HeadquartersLatvia Talsi, Latvia
PresidentEstonia Igor Solodov
Official website
giri-iukl.com

The International Union of Kettlebell Lifting (IUKL), is an international association which brings together around 40 national federations of kettlebell sport worldwide.

Kettlebell lifting is a weightlifting sport practiced with kettlebells of fixed weights (24 kg for women and 32 kg for men) and each sport consists of a maximum number of lifts in a fixed time. The development of the sport came from Eastern Europe.