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1995 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1995 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Guangzhou, China from November 16 to November 26, Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk) ReferencesResults(Sport 123)Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics External links *http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/start.php {{World Weightlifting Championships W World Weightlifting Championships The World Weightlifting Championships is an international weightlifting competition, currently held annually (except for years of the Summer Olympic Games) by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The predecessor organization of the I ... World Weightlifting Championships International weightlifting competitions hosted by China November 1995 sports events in China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road. The port of Guangzhou serves as a transportation hub for China's fourth largest city and surrounding areas, including Hong Kong. Guangzhou was captured by the United Kingdom, British during the First Opium War and no longer enjoyed a monopoly after the war; consequently it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. Following the Second Battle of Chuenpi in 1841, the Treaty of Nanking was signed between Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel on behalf of Queen Victoria and Lin Zexu on behalf of Daoguang Emperor, Emperor Xuanzong and ceded British Hong Kong, Hong Kon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Peng Song , London
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Peng may refer to: * Peng (surname) (彭), a Chinese name * Peng (state) (大彭), a state during the late Shang dynasty * Peng (mythology) (鵬), a legendary Chinese creature * ''Peng!'', 1992 album by Stereolab * ''PENG!'', a 2005 comic * P.Eng., abbreviation for the Professional Engineer certification title * Peng Collective, an art activist group combining investigative journalism, campaigning and theatre * PenG, an antibiotic * Peng (or Pengzhen), a town in Shuangliu district, Chengdu city, Sichuan province, China See also * Pang (other) * Pong (other) * Ping (other) * Penge Penge () is a suburb of South East Greater London, London, England, now in the London Borough of Bromley, west of Bromley, north east of Croydon and south east of Charing Cross. Etymology The name ''Penge'' is first attested in charter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vadim Vacarciuc
Vadim Vacarciuc (born 1 October 1972) is a retired weightlifter from Moldova. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native Eastern European country, starting in 1996. Vacarciuc is best known for winning the silver medal in the men's light-heavyweight division (– 94 kg) at the 2000 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. He twice carried the flag for Moldova at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics: in 1996 and 2000. Political activity Vacarciuc is a member of the Liberal Party of Moldova. In April 2009 polls, he became one of the party's MPs and in the July 2009 polls, he was re-elected. He joined the Liberal Party Reform Council in 2013. Arrest On 5 June 2024, Vacarciuc was arrested in La Crosse, Wisconsin La Crosse ( ) is a city in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. Positioned alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the largest city on Wisconsin's western border. La Crosse's pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dursun Sevinç
Dursun Sevinç (born 16 March 1972 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish people, Turkish Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter competing in the –85 kg division. Achievements ;World Weightlifting Championships: ;European Weightlifting Championships: ;Mediterranean Games: ;European Junior Weightlifting Championships: References External linksDursun Sevinç at Database Weightlifting Living people 1972 births Sportspeople from Ankara Turkish male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Turkey Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Turkish sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sergo Chakhoyan
Sergo Chakhoyan (, born 9 December 1969 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian weightlifter who later represented Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... Biography Sergo Chakhoyan was born in Leninakan, Armenian SSR] (now Gyumri, Armenia) where many famous weightlifters come from. He was national champion of Armenia multiple times, and is also a record holder. He won the silver medal in the 1994 World Weightlifting Championships, and also set a world record in the snatch, and in the clean and jerk with 175.5 kg. He became the second Armenian weightlifter after Israel Militosyan to set a world record. Chakhoyan participated in the 1995 World Championships and won the bronze medal in the snatch. He also participated in Atlanta Summer Olympics 1996, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pyrros Dimas
Pyrros Dimas (; ; 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 Himarë, 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 and in 1990 he repeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marc Huster
Marc Huster (born 1 July 1970 in Altdöbern) is a German weightlifter and sports commentator. World Champion in Istanbul 1994, European Champion in Rijeka 1997, Riesa 1998, and Deportivo La Coruña 1999. World records in clean and jerk 1993 (210 kg) and 1996 (213.5 kg), world record in Olympic weightlifting combined 1994 (382.5 kg), European record in clean and jerk 1999 (215 kg). He ranked 7th at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in the 83 kg class, and another silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the 85 kg class. Huster retired his weightlifting career in 2002. Since 1997 he comments on weightlifting events for Eurosport, in 2002 he started working for German broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Weightlifting career bests * Snatch: 177.5 kg 1999 World Weightlifting Championships. * Clean and jerk: 215.0 kg 1999 European Weightlifting Championships. * Tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Viktor Mitrou
Viktor Mitrou (; born 24 June 1973) is a retired male Greek weightlifter. He initially represented Albania, but became internationally distinguished with the Greece national team. Mitrou won a Silver Medal for Greece in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Results Born Viktor Mitro, in Vlorë, Albania, he initially represented Albania internationally until 1993, and then Greece for three consecutive Olympiads (1996, 2000, and 2004). Notably he became an Olympic medalist for Greece during the 2000 Summer Olympics, when he claimed the silver medal in the men's – 77kg class. In that competition Mitrou lost first place to Chinese Zhan Xugang, only because of his own heavier body weight. Mitrou lost the third place in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yoto Yotov
Yoto Vasilev Yotov (, born May 22, 1969) is a Bulgarian Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter. Yotov is one of the greatest Bulgarian weightlifters of all time. He is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, three-time world champion, six-time European champion, winner of the 1991 World Cup. Holds a total of 51 medals from the Olympic Games, World and European Championships in total, snatch and clean and jerk - 22 gold, 22 silver and 7 bronze. Because of his long career and many medals, he has been called the Professor. He was voted Sportsperson of the Year of Bulgaria for 1997. In 2020 he was awarded the highest state honors of Bulgaria in the field of sports - the Wreath of the winner. He began training in 1984. He has competed for the clubs Minor Pernik, Levski and Dobrich. At the 1988 World and European Junior Championships in Athens became second. A year later in Fort Lauderdale, USA, he became the World Junior Champion. Following is a great career for men with three world titles, six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan
Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (; June 24, 1968 – September 30, 2007) was an Armenian weightlifter. He set two world records in the snatch. Kyapanaktsyan was born in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia), a city known for producing elite weightlifters. He won a gold medal at the 1993 European Weightlifting Championships and 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, .... Kyapanaktsyan also set two world records, both in the snatch. On September 30, 2007, Kyapanaktsyan died at the age of 39 in a car accident on the Gyumri-Vanadzor highway. References External links Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan at Lift Up 2007 deaths Weightlifters from Gyumri Soviet male weightlifters Armenian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Armeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pablo Lara
Pablo Lara Rodríguez (born 30 May 1968 in Santa Clara) is a Cuban weightlifter. He won a gold medal in the middleweight class 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, ... in Atlanta. He is the brother of Emilio Lara. He spent several years in prison for possessing firearms. References External links * 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Clara, Cuba Cuban male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Cuba Weightlifters at the 1991 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 1995 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Attila Feri
Attila Feri (born 24 September 1968 in Târgu Mureș) is a retired weightlifter who competed for Romania in 1992 Summer Olympics and later for Hungary and he won a Bronze medal in the 70 kg in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta while competing for Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and .... Major results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Feri, Attila Olympic weightlifters for Hungary Olympic weightlifters for Romania Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in weightlifting Sportspeople from Târgu Mureș 1968 births Living people Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Romanian male weightlifters 20th-century Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
