European Weightlifting Championships 2012

The 2012 European Weightlifting Championships took place from April 6, 2012 to April 16, 2012 in Antalya , Turkey . It was the 91st European Men's Championship and the 25th European Women's Championship. Medals were awarded in 15 weight classes (eight for men and seven for women), each in snatch , push and duel . Antalya and Turkey hosted the European Weightlifting Championships for the second time after 2002 .

The most successful nation was Russia followed by Azerbaijan and Turkey, both in terms of duel medals won and all medals won. With Valentin Xristov (AZE) only one man managed to win all three titles in his weight class. In the women’s category , five athletes succeeded: Marzena Karpińska ( POL ), Cristina Iovu ( MDA ), Sibel Şimşek (TUR), Oksana Sliwenko (RUS) and Tatjana Kaschirina (RUS).

Men

Class up to 56 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-56 kg	Duel	Valentin Xristov	280 kg	Oleg Sîrghi	262 kg	Gökhan Kılıç	257 kg
	Tear	Valentin Xristov	125 kg	Gökhan Kılıç	121 kg	Oleg Sîrghi	116 kg
	Bump	Valentin Xristov	155 kg	Oleg Sîrghi	146 kg	Asen Muradov	136 kg

Class up to 62 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-62 kg	Duel	Bünyamin Sezer	301 kg	Dimitris Minasidis	288 kg	Stoyan Enew	282 kg
	Tear	Bünyamin Sezer	142 kg	Florin Croitoru	131 kg	Dimitris Minasidis	130 kg
	Bump	Stoyan Enew	160 kg	Bünyamin Sezer	159 kg	Dimitris Minasidis	158 kg

Class up to 69 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-69 kg	Duel	Əfqan Bayramov	321 kg	Vencelas Dabaya	318 kg	Bernardine Matam	318 kg
	Tear	Oleg Tschen	158 kg	Bernardine Matam	145 kg	Daniel Godelli	145 kg
	Bump	Əfqan Bayramov	178 kg	Sergei Cechir	175 kg	Vencelas Dabaya	175 kg

Class up to 77 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-77 kg	Duel	Răzvan Martin	347 kg	Alexandru Dudoglo	345 kg	Alexandr Spac	340 kg
	Tear	Răzvan Martin	159 kg	Alexandru Dudoglo	158 kg	Dmitry Ivanenko	155 kg
	Bump	Răzvan Martin	188 kg	Alexandr Spac	187 kg	Semih Yağcı	186 kg

Class up to 85 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-85 kg	Duel	Rauli Tsirekidze	365 kg	Fatih Baydar	359 kg	Gabriel Sîncrăian	359 kg
	Tear	Fatih Baydar	166 kg	Rauli Tsirekidze	165 kg	Gabriel Sîncrăian	164 kg
	Bump	Tom Schwarzbach	201 kg	Rauli Tsirekidze	200 kg	Gabriel Sîncrăian	195 kg

Class up to 94 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-94 kg	Duel	Anatolii Cîrîcu	402 kg	Aslan Bideev	382 kg	İbrahim Arat	380 kg
	Tear	Anatolii Cîrîcu	178 kg	İbrahim Arat	171 kg	Aslan Bideev	170 kg
	Bump	Anatolii Cîrîcu	224 kg	İntiqam Zairov	213 kg	Aslan Bideev	212 kg

Class up to 105 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-105 kg	Duel	David Bedschanjan	405 kg	Maxim Sheiko	401 kg	Serhiy Tahirov	390 kg
	Tear	Maxim Sheiko	185 kg	David Bedschanjan	185 kg	Serhiy Tahirov	180 kg
	Bump	David Bedschanjan	220 kg	Maxim Sheiko	216 kg	Arkadiusz Michalski	212 kg

Class over 105 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
+105 kg	Duel	Ruslan Albegow	429 kg	Matthias Steiner	424 kg	Irakli Turmanidze	423 kg
	Tear	Irakli Turmanidze	195 kg	Hayk Hakobyan	195 kg	Péter Nagy	192 kg
	Bump	Ruslan Albegow	238 kg	Jiří Orság	235 kg	Andrei Koslow	235 kg

Women

Class up to 48 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-48 kg	Duel	Marzena Karpińska	187 kg	Nurdan Karagoz	177 kg	Silviya Angelova	175 kg
	Tear	Marzena Karpińska	85 kg	Genny Caterina Pagliaro	81 kg	Silviya Angelova	78 kg
	Bump	Marzena Karpińska	102 kg	Nurdan Karagoz	100 kg	Silviya Angelova	97 kg

Class up to 53 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-53 kg	Duel	Cristina Iovu	207 kg	Aylin Daşdelen	201 kg	Svetlana Cheremshanova	201 kg
	Tear	Cristina Iovu	91 kg	Alena Chychkan	88 kg	Aylin Daşdelen	88 kg
	Bump	Cristina Iovu	116 kg	Aylin Daşdelen	113 kg	Svetlana Cheremshanova	113 kg

Class up to 58 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-58 kg	Duel	Boyanka Kostova	215 kg	Romela Begaj	215 kg	Yelena Shadrina	211 kg
	Tear	Romela Begaj	102 kg	Boyanka Kostova	98 kg	Yelena Shadrina	95 kg
	Bump	Boyanka Kostova	117 kg	Aleksandra Klejnowska-Krzywanska	117 kg	Yelena Shadrina	116 kg

Class up to 63 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-63 kg	Duel	Sibel Simsek	225 kg	Nikoletta Nagy	210 kg	Okumus Neshlihan	208 kg
	Tear	Sibel Simsek	100 kg	Nikoletta Nagy	94 kg	Liudmila Bril	93 kg
	Bump	Sibel Simsek	125 kg	Nikoletta Nagy	116 kg	Okumus Neshlihan	115 kg

Class up to 69 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-69 kg	Duel	Oksana Slivenko	258 kg	Roxana Cocoș	252 kg	Viktoriya Savenko	252 kg
	Tear	Oksana Slivenko	115 kg	Viktoriya Savenko	115 kg	Roxana Cocoș	110 kg
	Bump	Oksana Slivenko	143 kg	Roxana Cocoș	142 kg	Viktoriya Savenko	137 kg

Class up to 75 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
-75 kg	Duel	Olga Subova	265 kg	Lidia Valentín	260 kg	Hatice Yilmaz	223 kg
	Tear	Lidia Valentín	117 kg	Olga Subova	115 kg	Rumyana Petkova	100 kg
	Bump	Olga Subova	150 kg	Lidia Valentín	143 kg	Hatice Yilmaz	125 kg

Class over 75 kg

discipline		gold		silver		bronze
+75 kg	Duel	Tatiana Kashirina	328 kg	Julia Konovalova	274 kg	Julija Dowhal	273 kg
	Tear	Tatiana Kashirina	145 kg	Julija Dowhal	123 kg	Julia Konovalova	121 kg
	Bump	Tatiana Kashirina	183 kg	Julia Konovalova	153 kg	Julija Dowhal	150 kg

Medal table

All medals

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia	14th	7th	10	31
2	Azerbaijan	7th	2	6th	15th
3	Turkey	6th	7th	7th	20th
4th	Moldova	5	4th	4th	13
5	Albania	3	2	1	6th
6th	Poland	3	1	0	4th
7th	Georgia	2	2	1	5
8th	Romania	1	5	4th	10
9	Lithuania	1	2	0	3
	Spain	1	2	0	3
11	Germany	1	1	0	2
12	Bulgaria	1	0	3	4th
13	Hungary	0	3	1	4th
14th	France	0	2	2	4th
15th	Belarus	0	1	3	4th
16	Cyprus	0	1	2	3
17th	Armenia	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
20th	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Total		45	45	45	135

Duel

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia	5	2	4th	11
2	Azerbaijan	3	0	2	5
3	Turkey	2	3	3	8th
4th	Moldova	2	1	1	4th
5	Albania	1	1	0	2
6th	Georgia	1	0	1	2
7th	Poland	1	0	0	1
8th	Romania	0	2	1	3
9	France	0	1	1	2
10	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
15th	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
Total		15th	15th	15th	45

doping

The Albanian Erkand Qerimaj (1st place 77 kg), the Lithuanian Aurimas Didžbalis (2nd place 94 kg), the Belarusian Mikhail Audzeyeu (3rd place 105 kg) and the Slovak Ondrej Kružel (+ 105 kg) were disqualified for doping .

Web links

• Results linked by the EWF
• EUROPEAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Antalya-TUR on ewfed.com (English)