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2008 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2008 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy from 11 to 20 April 2008. It was the 87th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk) ReferencesOfficial siteIWF results
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2007 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2007 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Strasbourg, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ... from 17 April to 22 April 2007. It was the 86th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Notes ReferencesResults of the 2007 European Weightlifting Championships {{European Weightlifting Championships E European Weightlifting Championships European Weightlifting Championships International weightlifting competitions hosted by France European Weightlifting Championships ...
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Demir Demirev
Demir Demirev ( bg, Демир Демирев, born 31 August 1984) is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He is of Turkish ethnicity. He participated in the men's -69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Vencelas Dabaya and Shi Zhiyong. He snatched 143 kg and clean and jerked an additional 175 kg for a total of 318 kg, 14 kg behind winner Dabaya. At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships he won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category with a total of 334 kg. Demirev tested positive for a steroid in 2008 during an out-of-competition test, along with ten other weightlifters and therefore Bulgaria's weightlifting federation withdrew its team from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most popul ...
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Edgar Gevorgyan
Edgar Gevorgyan ( hy, Էդգար Գևորգյան, born May 21, 1982 in Vanadzor, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian weightlifter. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's 85 kg division. Gevorgyan competed along with his compatriot Tigran Vardan Martirosyan, who eventually won the bronze medal. Gevorgyan successfully lifted 176 kg in the single-motion snatch, but did not finish the event, as he failed to hoist 196 kg in three attempts for the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res .... References External linksNBC 2008 Olympics profile
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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 ...
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Georgi Markov (weightlifter)
Georgi Markov ( bg, Георги Марков, born 12 March 1978 in Burgas) is a retired male weightlifter from Bulgaria. He won the silver medal in the men's lightweight division (– 69 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics, behind compatriot Galabin Boevski Galabin Boevski ( bg, Гълъбин Боевски, born 19 December 1974) is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He was born in Knezha, and was both world and Olympic champion. He was later suspended for eight years after failing drug tests. Boevski was .... He set one world record in the lightweight snatch in 2000. Markov tested positive for a steroid in 2008, and therefore Bulgaria's weightlifting federation withdrew its team from the 2008 Summer Olympics. References * 1978 births Living people Bulgarian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Bulgaria Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria World record setters in weightlifting Bulgarian sportspeople in doping case ...
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Benjamin Hennequin
Benjamin Didier Hennequin (born 24 August 1984) is a French weightlifter who competes in the -85 kg category. At the 2011 World Championships, he won a silver medal, with a total of 378 kg. At the 2014 European Championships, he won the bronze medal, with a total of 367 kg. He competed at the 2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro .... References External links * * * * * * 1984 births Living people French male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for France Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from Bordeaux Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medal ...
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İzzet İnce
İzzet İnce (born June 28, 1981, in Kütahya) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the –85 kg division. He is tall. He participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China without achieving a podium result. In Beijing, he got injured at his right leg during his attempt to lift 190.0 kg by clean and jerk after having successfully finished the snatch session with 170.0 kg. He won the 2004 European Weightlifting Championships held in Kyiv, Ukraine. Also he won the silver medal at the 2007 European Weightlifting Championships held in Strasbourg, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... Medals References External linksInternational Weightlifting Federation 1981 births People f ...
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Vasily Polovnikov
Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to: *Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince from 1425–1462 *Vasili III of Russia Tsar from 1505–1533 *Vasili IV of Russia Tsar from 1606–1610 *Basil Fool for Christ (1469–1557), also known as Saint Basil, or Vasily Blazhenny *Vasily Alekseyev (1942–2011), Soviet weightlifter *Vasily Arkhipov (1926–1998), Soviet Naval officer in the Cuban Missile Crisis *Vasily Boldyrev (1875–1933), Russian general *Vasily Chapayev (1887–1919), Russian Army commander *Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982), Soviet marschal *Vasily Degtyaryov (1880–1949), Russian weapons designer and Major General *Vasily Dzhugashvili (1921–1962), Stalin's son *Vasili Golovachov (born 1948), Russian science fiction author *Vasily Grossman (1905–1964), Soviet writer and journalist *Vasily Ignatenko (1961–1986 ...
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Tigran Vardan Martirosyan
Tigran Vardan Martirosyan ( hy, Տիգրան Գ. Մարտիրոսյան, born 3 March 1983 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter. He is 175 cm tall. Martirosyan was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009. Biography Tigran Martirosyan began weight training in 1995 under the guidance of Vahan Bichakhchyan. Martirosyan became a three-time consecutive European Champion during his youth career in 1997, 1998 and 1999. He began performing in adult competitions in the light heavyweight division (82.5 kg) after 2003. Martirosyan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and came in seventh place with a total of 367.5 kg. Martirosyan won a bronze medal at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo, finishing behind Andrei Rybakou and Aslambek Ediev. He snatch (weightlifting), snatched 172 kg and clean and jerk, jerked an additional 198 kg for a total of 370 kg, 13& ...
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Aleksey Yufkin
Aleksey Yufkin (russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Ю́фкин; born January 11, 1986) is a Russian weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift .... External linksthe-sports.orgiwf.net
1986 births Living people World Weightlifting Championships medalists < ...
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Oleg Perepetchenov
Oleg Perepetchenov (born September 6, 1975) is a Russian powerlifter and former weightlifter. In the 2001 and 2002 World Weightlifting Championships, Perepetchenov won the silver medal in the Men's 77 kg weight category. Perepetchenov competed in the Men's 77 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal, lifting 365.0 kg in total. At the 2001 and 2008 at the European Weightlifting Championships he won gold in the Men's 77 kg. He was world champion in the 77 kg in clean and jerk at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he ranked 5th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 354 kg. On February 12, 2013 the International Olympic Committee stripped Perepetchenov of his 2004 Olympic medal after both probes were retested and showed traces of anabolic steroids. Career bests Weightlifting * Snatch: 175 kg in the class to 85 kg * Clean and jerk: 210 kg in the class to 77&nb ...
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Ara Khachatryan
Ara Khachatryan ( hy, Արա Խաչատրյան, born September 13, 1982) is an Armenian weightlifter. Biography Ara Khachatryan was born on September 13, 1982, in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia), a city well known for its weightlifters. Under personal trainer Alexan Karapetyan and coach Boghos Poghosyan, Ara began weight training from an early age. Ara joined the Armenian national weightlifting team originally competing at a weight of 77 kg. At the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo, Khachatryan scored a total of 357 kg and won a bronze medal. Khachatryan won a silver medal at the 2007 European Weightlifting Championships in Strasbourg with a total of 361 kg, coming only behind compatriot Gevorg Davtyan. He repeated the silver medal the next year at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships in Italy, scoring just 1 kg behind the gold medalist. In the same year, he went to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he fin ...
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