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1999 European Weightlifting Championships
The 78th European Weightlifting Championships were held in A Coruña, Spain from April 14 to April 18, 1999. 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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Andrzej Kozlowski
Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and martyr * Andrzej Chyra (born 1964), Polish actor * Andrzej Czarniak (1931–1985), Polish alpine skier * Andrzej Duda (born 1972), Polish 6th president * Andrzej Jajszczyk, Polish scientist * Andrzej Kmicic, fictional protagonist of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel ''The Deluge'' * Andrzej Kokowski (born 1953), Polish archaeologist * Andrzej Krauze (born 1947), Polish-British cartoonist and illustrator * Andrzej Leder (born 1960), Polish philosopher and psychotherapist * Andrzej Mazurczak (born 1993), Polish basketball player * Andrzej Mleczko (born 1949), Polish illustrator * Andrzej Nowacki (born 1953), Polish artist * Andrzej Paczkowski (born 1938), Polish historian * Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991), Polish composer * Andrzej Person, Polish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Viktors Ščerbatihs
Viktors Ščerbatihs (born 6 October 1974 in Dobele) is a former Latvian weightlifter and politician and a three-time Olympian for his native country. He is 181 cm tall. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the over 105 kg weight category, with the total result of 455 kg (205 kg in snatch and 250 kg in clean and jerk). He has also won three bronze medals in the World Championships (in 1997, 1998 and 2003), gold in 2007 and several medals in the European Championships (bronze in 1997, 1999 and 2000, gold in 2001, silver in 2004, and four consecutive gold medals in 2005–2008). He started his political career with Latvian Farmers' Union in 2006 and was elected to parliament. He became world champion in 2007. At the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, ... [...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] |
Ashot Danielyan
Ashot Danielyan ( hy, Աշոտ Դանիելյան , born April 11, 1974, in Yerevan, Armenian SSR) is a retired Armenian weightlifter. Danielyan is a two-time European champion, having won consecutive gold medals at the 1999 and 2000 European Weightlifting Championships. He also came in 13th place at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He initially won a bronze medal in the men's super heavyweight (+105 kg) weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was stripped of the medal and suspended following a positive drug test. Danielyan would have been only the second Olympic medalist weightlifter from the independent Republic of Armenia, after Arsen Melikyan, who won an Olympic medal just days earlier. He returned to win a silver medal at the 2003 European Weightlifting Championships and to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but did not finish the contest. After coming in second at the 2006 European Weightlifting Championships The 2006 in sports, 2006 European Weightlifting Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Tešovič
Martin Tešovič (born 26 October 1974 in Bratislava) is a weightlifter from Slovakia who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. He competed three times for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 (10th: middle heavyweight) and 2004 (no total, 105 kg category) and 2012 where he placed 11th in the 105 kg category with a total of 363 kg. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he was supposed to compete, but he did not enter the event. Tešovič is best known for winning the world title at the 1997 World Weightlifting Championships in the men's sub-heavyweight class (– 99 kg) with a total of 400 kg. At the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships he placed third with a total of 412 kg and was only 1 kg behind the silver medalist Alexandru Bratan. Since 2008, Tešovič has competed in bobsleigh. He crashed out during the first run of the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Tešovič's best finish was fifth in a lesser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariusz Jedra
Mariusz is a Slavic-language masculine name, and may refer to: *Mariusz Czerkawski (b. 1972), Polish ice hockey player *Mariusz Duda (b. 1975), Polish musician *Mariusz Fyrstenberg (b. 1980), Polish tennis player *Mariusz Jędra *Mariusz Jop *Mariusz Kamiński *Mariusz Klimczyk *Mariusz Kukiełka *Mariusz Kwiecień *Mariusz Lewandowski * Mariusz Liberda *Mariusz Linke, first Polish born black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu *Mariusz Maszkiewicz *Mariusz Niedbała *Mariusz Pawełek *Mariusz Podkościelny *Mariusz Pudzianowski, five-time World's Strongest Man *Mariusz Sacha *Mariusz Siembida *Mariusz Siudek *Mariusz Zganiacz *Mariusz Wach *Mariusz Wodzicki :''See also'' Marius (name) Marius is a male given name, a Roman family name, and a modern surname. The name Marius was used by members of the Roman ''gens'' Maria. It is thought to be derived from either the Roman war god Mars or from the Latin root ''mas'' or ''maris'' m ... {{given name Polish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Hotfrid
Denys Rudolfovych Hotfrid ( ua, Денис Рудольфович Готфрід, also transliterated Gotfrid, born 5 February 1975 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a retired male weightlifter from Ukraine. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. Hotfrid is best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the – 99 kg division, and setting a world record in clean & jerk (235 kg) on 1999-11-28 at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999. It was the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Austral .... References External links * * * * 1975 births Living people Ukrainian people of Russian descent Ukrainian people of German descent Ukrainian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Ukraine Weig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bünyamin Sudaş
Bünyamin Sudaş (born August 23, 1975), aka Bünyami Sudaş, is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 105 kg division. Bünyamin Sudaş is tall and weighs . He is a member of ASKI Sport Club in Ankara, where he is coached by Raif Özel and Muharrem Süleymanoğlu. Early life Bünyamin Sudaş was born on August 23, 1975, in Ekmekli village of Erzincan Province to Hacı Kadir Sudaş. After finishing the high school, he attended Gazi University in Ankara to study physical education and sports. Achievements ;Olympics: ;World Championships: ;European Championships: ;Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fir ...: Legend: * MR Mediterranean Games Record References External links Bünyamin Sudaş at Weightlifting Database 1975 births People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akakios Kakiasvilis
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] |
Szymon Kołecki
Szymon Piotr Kołecki (; born 12 October 1981) is a Polish former Olympic Champion weightlifter and current mixed martial artist. He was the silver medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and a gold medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, both in the 94 kg categories. Weightlifting career Olympics In 2000 he competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in the 94 kg category as a junior. After the snatch portion of the competition he was in third place, behind Kourosh Bagheri and Kakhi Kakhiashvili. During the clean & jerk portion of the competition he was in second place with his first lift of 222.5 kg, that brought his total to 405.0 kg which tied the total of Kakhi Kakhiashvili. He attempted a lift of 227.5 kg, but was unable to make the lift and did not take another attempt. Kakhi Kakhiashvili, due to a light bodyweight (92.06 kg vs. 93.58 kg) was the gold medallist, with Kołecki taking home the silver medal. The 94 kg category ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
