The Coach

Ivan Rojas is an international weightlifting coach. He has represented the USA as a coach for two different international teams and has served as the national Olympic coach for Panama. He has consulted for multiple countries and athletes from around the world. He is an expert in coaching high performance athletes as well as developing beginner and novice athletes into national-level athletes.

The Author

The most recent publication by Ivan Rojas, My Weightlifting Coloring Book, is an educational tool for ESL and EFL teaching that introduces children to the sport of Olympic weightlifting and some of its international, world-class athletes. It is suitable for teaching English—in addition to geography and weightlifting—while enjoying art.

He has also co-authored the books Fundamentals of the Soviet System: The Soviet Weightlifting System—which is used as a text in a university in Europe—and the Kazakhstan Weightlifting System for elite athletes.