With the WORLDS Meetup 2025, we have started a process of engagement between leading organizations worldwide to co-create an official governing body for the Streetlifting sport (Blog article). Since then, a first initial digital meetup with the partners took place on 4th January 2026 where the first work packages have been defined. This article presents you with the outcomes from the first working period of the working group, discussed at the second digital meetup on 31st. May 2026.
The members of the working group
First, we want to introduce to you the people who are working on this project. The working group includes the following members:
- Leon Parowicz – Project coordinator
- Tim Reichel – Managing Director FinalRep
- Eugene Jimenez – USA Streetlifting 🇺🇸
- Maxime Ait-Chadi – Fédération nouvelle de Street Lifting (FNSL) 🇫🇷
- Carlos Czeszak – Comitê Brasileiro de Streetlifting 🇧🇷
- Jordan Gomez – Singapore Streetlifting Federation (SGSF) 🇸🇬
- Jelle Eeckhaut – Belgian Calisthenics Federation (BCF) 🇧🇪
- Jordin Vliegen – Representative of the Netherlands 🇳🇱
- Jermaine Straker – Representative of the FinalRep Athletes Committee 🇬🇧
Four Working Topics — One Common Framework
1) Purpose & Stakeholder: Why does the WSLF exist?
Before any structure can be built, clarity of purpose is essential. The working group has already produced concrete results in this area: a long-term vision across three, five, and ten years has been defined, five core goals have been formulated, and the relevant stakeholders — internal and external — have been systematically identified and assessed. The group also actively discussed how differences between internal and external stakeholders should inform communication and decision-making going forward.
2) Membership & Voting: Who belongs — and how?
This working package forms the structural backbone of the WSLF. The group has developed a detailed model for membership in the General Assembly that goes far beyond a simple member list.
Clear entry criteria have been defined in draft version, alongside a formal application process and requirements for maintaining membership — including an activity threshold for events and a minimum share of active athletes (both to be finalised at the first General Assembly). Scenarios involving competing federations within the same country were also addressed, as was an observer status for future members.
A dedicated category — so-called Brand Affiliates — was introduced to bring organisations into the WSLF ecosystem that are closely connected to the federation without becoming full members. This reflects a differentiated, future-proof approach to membership that is anything but binary.
3) The Role of FinalRep: The Foundation of the System
The relationship between the WSLF and FinalRep is not a side topic — it is the foundation on which the entire federation is built. This working package examined four dimensions of this cooperation: the substantive principles of collaboration, the shared timeline, the legal balance between both organisations, and administrative responsibilities.
The basis here is defined as such: FinalRep = Operations & WSLF = Governance of the international sport
4) Basic Structure: Commissions and Integrity
A world federation stands or falls by the quality of its governing bodies. The working group has made significant decisions in this area — and defined the key organs that will give the WSLF its institutional backbone:
General Assembly The supreme decision-making body of the WSLF, composed of all full member federations. It sets the strategic direction, elects leadership, and holds ultimate authority over the federation’s statutes and fundamental decisions.
Executive Committee The operational leadership of the WSLF, responsible for managing the federation between General Assembly sessions. It implements decisions, oversees day-to-day governance, and steers the federation’s development in line with its strategic goals.
Ethics Commission Currently in formation — the final number of members is still to be determined. Active outreach for suitable candidates is already underway. The Ethics Commission will operate independently of the Executive Committee and is responsible for upholding the federation’s standards of conduct across all levels.
Anti-Doping Commission, Judging Committee and Athletes Committee are organs that operate on specific topics with clearly defined responsibility.
Membership Commission Established as an interim commission drawn directly from the working group — a pragmatic solution that enables fast action without pre-empting the broadly legitimised structure to be established later. The commission will oversee membership applications and criteria during the founding phase.
Approaching the project with structure
What is already visible after the first working period, closed by the presentation of the progress in our 2nd Meetup. The working group operates in clearly structured work packages, documents decisions transparently, and draws a careful distinction between what can be decided now and what must remain for the first General Assembly.
At the same time, the group remains decisively action-oriented: questions that arise from separate work packages will be brought to vote within the group chat. After each meetup, new work packages are defined and assigned.
Next steps
The working group has defined clear priorities for the weeks ahead:
- Finalising the Ethics Commission (candidate search underway)
- Drafting the WSLF Statutes
- Completing the structural definition
- Developing the qualification system, starting in the WORLDS 2027 Season
The World Streetlifting Federation is taking shape — and it is doing so the way a global federation should: with care, integrity, and a clear vision for the future.
At this point we want to thank every member for their commitment. We are excited about this journey ahead of us.
With sincere regards
–– Your FinalRep team 🧡
