1998 European Weightlifting Championships

The 1998 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Riesa

Riesa

Riesa is a town in the district of Meißen in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located at the river Elbe, approx. 40 km northwest of Dresden.The world's first 110 kV power line was inaugurated between Riesa and Lauchhammer in 1912....

, Germany in April 1998. It was the 77th edition of the European Weightlifting Championships

European Weightlifting Championships

European Weightlifting Championships is an annual event organised by the European Weightlifting Federation . It has been held since 1896. A separate event for women was held from 1988 to 1997, after which both championships have been held as one event....

. There were a total number of 144 competing athletes from 29 nations.

Men

– 56 kg	Bulgaria Ivan Ivanov	Turkey Sedat Artuç Sedat Artuc Sedat Artuç is a Turkish European champion in weightlifting. He is winner of silver medal in World championship and of bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics....	Bulgaria Naiden Russev
– 62 kg	Bulgaria Stefan Georgiev Stefan Georgiev Stefan Georgiev is an alpine skier from Bulgaria. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics, 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was a 16th place in the combined in 2002.-External links:...	Greece Leonidas Sabanis	Turkey Mücahit Yağcı
– 69 kg	Bulgaria Plamen Jeliazkov	Turkey Ergün Batmaz Ergün Batmaz Ergün Batmaz is a Turkish European champion weightlifter competing in the lightweight division.He represented Turkey at the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics without success...	Belarus Sergey Lavrenov Sergey Lavrenov Sergey Nikolayevich Lavrenov is a retired male weightlifter from Belarus, who competed in the men's lightweight class weight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
– 77 kg	Bulgaria Vasil Vanev	Georgia (country) Giorgi Asanidze	Armenia Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan
– 85 kg	Germany Marc Huster Marc Huster Marc Huster is a German weightlifter and sports commentator.World Champion in Istanbul 1994, European Champion in Rijeka 1997, Riesa 1998, and Deportivo La Coruña 1999...	Greece Pyrros Dimas Pyrros Dimas TotalTotalPyrros Dimas , born on 13 October 1971) is a retired Greek weightlifter, considered as one of the greatest of all time, having been three times Olympic champion and three times World Champion.- Background :...	Turkey Dursun Sevinç Dursun Sevinç Dursun Sevinç is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the –85 kg division.-Achievements:World Weightlifting Championships:European Weightlifting Championships:Mediterranean Games:...
– 94 kg	Germany Oliver Caruso	Bulgaria Ivan Chakarov Ivan Chakarov Ivan Chakarov, born 1966, is a Bulgarian world class weightlifter.-Weightlifting:Snatch: 187.5 kgClean and Jerk: 230 kg*Best Total: 417.5 kg -Other exercises:...	Greece Akakios Kakiasvilis
– 105 kg	Russia Viacheslav Ivanovski	Russia Yevgeni Chichliannikov	Poland Dariusz Osuch
+ 105 kg	Germany Ronny Weller Ronny Weller Ronny Weller is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany and later for Germany....	Russia Andrei Chemerkin Andrei Chemerkin Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin is a former Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics....	Armenia Ara Vardanyan

Women

– 48 kg	Bulgaria Donka Mincheva	Bulgaria Siyka Stoyeva	Hungary Aniko Ajkai
– 53 kg	Bulgaria Izabela Dragneva Izabela Dragneva Izabela Dragneva is a retired female weightlifter from Bulgaria, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004...	Slovakia Dagmar Deneková	Greece Anna Stroubou
– 58 kg	Bulgaria Neli Simova	Poland Dominika Misterska	Greece Maria Christoforidou
– 63 kg	Bulgaria Gergana Kirilova	Russia Valentina Popova Valentina Popova Valentina Vadimovna Popova is a Russian weightlifter who won two olympic medals: the silver medal in the 63 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 75 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...	Spain Josefa Pérez
– 69 kg	Hungary Erzsébet Márkus Erzsébet Márkus Erzsébet Márkus-Peresztegi is a retired female weightlifter from Hungary. She became an Olympic medalist during the 2000 Summer Olympics when she won the silver medal in the women's – 69 kg class....	Russia Svetlana Kabirova	Poland Beata Prej
– 75 kg	Hungary Mária Takács	Hungary Ilona Danko	Spain Mónica Carrio
+ 75 kg	Germany Monique Riesterer	Hungary Erika Takács	Poland Agata Wróbel Agata Wróbel Agata Wróbel is a Polish weightlifter, and is a world record-breaker in the +75 kg category....

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