1999 European Weightlifting Championships

The 78th 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....

were held in A Coruña

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from April 14 to April 18, 1999

1999 in sports

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

Men

– 56 kg	Halil Mutlu Halil Mutlu Halil Mutlu is a professional Turkish weightlifter with several World and Olympic championships. Mutlu is one of the four weightlifters achieving three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games...	Adrian Jigău	Ivan Ivanov
– 62 kg	Sevdalin Minchev Sevdalin Minchev Sevdalin Minchev Angelov is a retired male weightlifter from Bulgaria. He competed at 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the men's 56 kg division. Minchev is a four-time Olympian ....	Leonidas Sabanis	Nikolaj Pešalov
– 69 kg	Galabin Boevski Galabin Boevski Galabin Boevski is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He was born in Knezha, and was both World Champion and Olympic Champion. He was later suspended for eight years after failing drug tests. He is now in a Brazilian prison awaiting a trial for an alleged cocaine trafficking...	Plamen Jeliazkov	Valerios Leonidis Valerios Leonidis Valerios Leonidis is a Greek weightlifter. He has three silver and one bronze Olympic and World Championship medals. He has competed in different weight classes from 60 kg to 69 kg....
– 77 kg	Petar Tanev	Georgi Markov Georgi Markov (weightlifter) Georgi Markov is a retired male weightlifter from Bulgaria. He won the silver medal in the men's lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics, behind compatriot Galabin Boevski...	Andrzej Kozlowski
– 85 kg	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...	Georgi Gardev	Dursun Sevinc 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	Szymon Kołecki	Akakios Kakiasvilis	Bünyamin Sudaş Bünyamin Sudaş Bünyamin Sudaş , aka Bünyami Sudaş, is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 105 kg division.Bünyamin Sudaş is tall and weighs...
– 105 kg	Denys Hotfrid Denys Hotfrid Denys Rudolfovych Hotfrid is a retired male weightlifter from Ukraine. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000...	Mariusz Jedra Mariusz Jędra Mariusz Jędra is a retired male weightlifter from Poland. He competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in ninth place in the men's heavyweight division...	Martin Tešovič Martin Tešovič Martin Tešovič is a weightlifter from Slovakia who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2004 . At the 2008 Summer Olympics he was supposed to compete, but he did not enter the event eventually...
+ 105 kg	Ashot Danielyan Ashot Danielyan Ashot Danielyan is an Armenian weightlifter. The 1999 and 2000 European Champion, he initially won a bronze medal in the men's super heavyweight weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was stripped of the medal and suspended following a positive drug test...	Ronny Weller Ronny Weller Ronny Weller is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany and later for Germany....	Viktors Ščerbatihs Viktors Scerbatihs TotalTotalViktors Ščerbatihs is a Latvian weightlifter and politician and a three-time Olympian for his native country. He is 181 cm tall....

Women

– 48 kg	Donka Mincheva	Siyka Stoyeva	Gema Peris
– 53 kg	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...	Estefania Juan	Rebeca Sires
– 58 kg	Neli Simova	Ingrid Fevre	Marieta Gotfryd Marieta Gotfryd Marieta Gotfryd is a Polish weightlifter.At the 2001 World Championships she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category....
– 63 kg	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:*...	Ioanna Khatziioannou Ioanna Khatziioannou Ioanna Chatziioannou is a retired female weightlifter from Greece. She became an Olympic medalist during the 2000 Summer Olympics when she won the bronze medal in the women's – 63 kg class....	Gergana Kirilova
– 69 kg	Milena Trendafilova	Irina Kasimova	Beata Prej
– 75 kg	Radomíra Ševčíková	Şule Şahbaz Şule Şahbaz Şule Şahbaz is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the -75 kg division.She won a gold medal at the 2002 Weightlifting Championship, silver medals at the 1999 and 2004 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships.She was scheduled to compete in the women's 75 kg...	Karoliina Lundahl Karoliina Lundahl Satu Karoliina Lundahl is a retired female weightlifter from Finland, who was nicknamed "Kartsi" during her career. She started as a shot putter, competing for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics....
+ 75 kg	Agata Wróbel Agata Wróbel Agata Wróbel is a Polish weightlifter, and is a world record-breaker in the +75 kg category....	Albina Khomich	Victoria Rudenok

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