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1998 European Weightlifting Championships
The 1998 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Riesa, Germany in April 1998. It was the 77th edition of the European Weightlifting Championships. There were a total number of 144 competing athletes from 29 nations. Medal overview Men Women ReferencesResults(sports123)ewf {{European Weightlifting Championships E Weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift Weight training#Equipment, weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various t ... European Weightlifting Championships International weightlifting competitions hosted by Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 European Weightlifting Championships
The 1997 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Rijeka, Croatia for the men. The women competition were held in Sevilla, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i .... It was the 76th edition of the men event, and the 10th for the women. Medal overview Men Women {{European Weightlifting Championships European Weightlifting Championships European Weightlifting Championships, 1997 Weightlifting Championships, 1997 International weightlifting competitions hosted by Spain European Weightlifting Championships, 1997 International weightlifting competitions hosted by Croatia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrros Dimas
Pyrros Dimas ( el, Πύρρος Δήμας; ; born 13 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former weightlifter. He is currently the technical director for USA Weightlifting, having taken that position in June 2017. Dimas has also been involved in politics as a member of the Hellenic Parliament, representing the Panhellenic Socialist Movement from 2012 to 2015. Dimas is the most decorated Greek athlete in the Olympics and is widely considered one of the greatest weightlifters of all time, having been three times Olympic Gold Medalist (in his fourth Olympiad, a knee injury notwithstanding, he won the bronze medal), and three times World Champion. He was named the Greek Male Athlete of the Year, for the years 1992, 1993, 1995, and 1996. Early years Dimas was born in 1971 in Himara, southern Albania, to ethnic Greek parents. Dimas started the sport at 11 and competed at a junior's level at 14. At 18, in 1989, he became triple Champion of Albania for the 82.5 kg category a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniko Ajkai (1942–2011)
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Donka Mincheva
Donka Mincheva (Донка Минчева, born in Karlovo) is a Bulgarian former weightlifter, competing in the 48 kg category and representing Bulgaria at international competitions. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg event. She competed at world championships, most recently at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships. Mincheva was one of eleven Bulgarian weightlifters to test positive for a banned steroid two months prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Bulgaria withdrew its entire weightlifting team from the Olympic competition and Mincheva was banned from competing for four years. She then gave up her passion for weightlifting and is now living on the low, dealing with an alcohol addiction Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems. Because there is disagreement on the definition of the word ''alcoholism'', it is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predomina .... Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ara Vardanyan (weightlifter)
Ara Vardanyan ( hy, Արա Վարդանյան, born December 21, 1974, in Bambakashat, Armenia) is an Armenian weightlifter. Vardanyan won a silver medal at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ..., coming in 7th place. Major results References External links Ara Vardanyan at Lift Up 1974 births Living people Armenian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Armenia Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Armenian people {{Armenia-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Chemerkin
Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin (russian: Андрей Иванович Чемеркин, born 17 February 1972) is a former Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Andrei had a birthweight of 12,6 lbs (5,7 kg) and is to this day the heaviest weightlifter ever to win a World Championship. Weightlifting achievements * Olympic Games gold medallist (1996). * 4 time World Weightlifting Championships gold medallist (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999). * 2 time European Weightlifting Championships gold medallist (1994, 1995). * Set 7 world records during his career * 1991 - 1992 junior world weightlifting champion and a Russian championship winner known as the three warriors tournament Andrei is the winner of the World Weightlifting Championships for university year 2000 but not a Senior Championship, and he attempted the all time heaviest clean and jerk 272.5 kg (601 lb) in the 2000 Olympics whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronny Weller
Ronny Weller (born 22 July 1969 in Oelsnitz, Saxony) is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany and later for Germany. During the 1990s, he was three times world champion, and broke world records 11 times. He participated in the Olympic Games five times, winning four medals. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he had to retire from the contest due to an injury he suffered during the snatch competition. He is, jointly with fellow (East) German Ingo Steinhöfel, the second weightlifter to compete at five Olympics. The first was Hungarian Imre Földi from 1960-76. Major results Personal records * Snatch: 205 kg in 1989 on Fort Lauderdale in class to 110 kg ( junior world record until 1992). * Snatch: 210 kg (former world record in weight class over 105 kg) * Clean and jerk: 260.0 kg 1998 in Riesa in class over 105 kg ( European record 1998–2018) * Total: 467.5 kg (210+257.5) 2000 Summer Olympics in class over 105 k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dariusz Osuch
Dariusz Osuch (born 20 February 1969) is a Polish weightlifter. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References 1969 births Living people Polish male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Poland Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics People from Biłgoraj 20th-century Polish people 21st-century Polish people Sportspeople from Lublin Voivodeship {{Poland-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Chichliannikov
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Shishlyannikov also written as Evgeny Shishlyannikov and Evgueni Chichliannikov (Евгений Александрович Шишлянников, born in Irkutsk) is a Russian male weightlifter, competing in the 105 kg category and representing Russia at international competitions. He competed at the 1998 and 1999 World Weightlifting Championships, most recently competing at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships. He participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ... in the 105 kg event. Major results : - 1996 European Championships Heavyweight class (405.0 kg) : - 1997 European Championships Heavyweight class (415.0 kg) : - 1998 European Championships Heavyweight class (400.0 kg) : - 2000 European Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viacheslav Ivanovski
Vyacheslav Ivanovskiy (also "Viacheslav"; born August 14, 1975, Russia, Novosibirsk) is a Russian former Olympic weightlifter. Weightlifting career Ivanovskiy won the silver medal at the 1995 Junior European Weightlifting Championships in Beer Sheva, Israel, in the Sub-Heavyweight class (lifting 370.0 kg). He won the bronze medal at the 1996 European Weightlifting Championships, in the Sub-Heavyweight class (lifting 377.5 kg). Ivanovskiy competed for Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, at the age of 20, in Weightlifting-Men's Heavyweight I (99 kg). He did not complete a lift in the snatch at 175.0 kg, and did not finish. When he competed in the Olympics, he weighed 218 lbs (99 kg). He won the gold medal in the 1998 European Weightlifting Championships, in the Heavyweight class (lifting 402.5 kg). Ivanovskiy came in 4th at the 1999 European Weightlifting Championships in Spain in the 105 kg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakhi Kakhiashvili
Kakhi Kakhiashvili ( ka, კახი კახიაშვილი, el, Ακάκιος "Κάχι" Κακιασβίλης; born 13 July 1969 in Tskhinvali, Georgian SSR, USSR) is a Georgian-Greek weightlifter, one of only five weightlifters to have won three consecutive gold medals at Olympic Games. He won his first at Barcelona 1992, competing with the Unified Team, and later as a citizen of Greece at Atlanta 1996 and in Sydney 2000. He won three Senior World Championships (1995, 1998, 1999), was twice a silver medalist at the Senior World Championships (1993 and 1994), and set seven world records during his career. He was named the 1996 and 1999 Greek Male Athlete of the Year. Kakhiashvili was born in Tskhinvali, Georgia, to a Georgian father and a Greek mother, Maria Lamprianidi. He is renowned in weightlifting circles for his uncanny ability to lift exactly what was required to win. Dubbed as a "computer" by some competitors, he also had the ability to block out everything ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |