2001 European Weightlifting Championships

The 2001
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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 Trenčín

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, Slovakia

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. It was the 80th edition of the event.

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 Jigau	Vitaly Derbenev Vitali Dzerbianiou Vitali Dzerbianiou is a Belarussian weightlifter.His personal best combined lift is 280 kg.He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 56 kg division but failed to pass the heats....
– 62 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov	Elkhan Suleymanov	Vladimir Popov Vladimir Popov (weightlifter) Vladimir Popov is a retired male weightlifter from Moldova. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native Eastern European country, starting in 1996. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 2001 European Championships in Trenčín,...
– 69 kg	Ekrem Celil Ekrem Celil Ekrem Celil is a Turkish European champion weightlifter competing in the –69 kg and –77 kg divisions.Born in Bulgaria of Turkish descent, he started to perform weightlifting in a local club...	Andrey Matveev	Turan Mirzayev
– 77 kg	Oleg Perepetchenov Oleg Perepetchenov Oleg Perepetchenov is a Russian weightlifter.In the 2001 and 2002 World Weightlifting Championships, he won the silver medal in the Men's 77 kg weight category....	Hovannes Amreyan	Attila Feri
– 85 kg	George Asanidze George Asanidze Giorgi Leonidov Asanidze is a Georgian weightlifter who competed in the men's 85 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics ....	Georgi Gardev	Sergey Zhukov
– 94 kg	Nizami Pashayev Nizami Pashayev Nizami Pashayev is an Azerbaijani athlete in weightlifting. He won two World Weightlifting Championships titles and one European Weightlifting Championships title, when he hauled 402 kilograms in total to take the overall gold in the men's 94 kg category.Pashayev totalled 402 kg on...	Nikola Stoyanov	Hakob Pilosyan
– 105 kg	Evgeny Chigishev Evgeny Chigishev Evgeny Alexandrovich Chigishev is a Russian weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category. He is 187 cm tall.At the 2000 Summer Olympics he competed in the 105 kg category, ranking 5th....	Szymon Kolecki Szymon Kolecki Szymon Kołecki is a Polish weightlifter, silver medallist at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He is around 6'1" ....	Zoltán Kovács
+ 105 kg	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....	Pawel Najdek	Grzegorz Kleszcz

Women

– 48 kg	Gema Peris	Snezhana Popova	Maria Jose Tocino
– 53 kg	Emine Bilgin Emine Bilgin Emine Bilgin is a female Turkish European champion in weightlifting competing in the 53 kg and 58 kg division.-Anti doping:...	Dagmar Danekova	Estefania Juan
– 58 kg	Aleksandra Klejnowska Aleksandra Klejnowska Aleksandra Klejnowska is a Polish weightlifter.She represented Poland at the 2000 Summer Olympics, ranking fifth in the 58 kg category, with a total of 202.5 kg....	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....	Dondu Ay
– 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:*...	Dominika Misterska	Nataliya Skakun Nataliya Skakun Nataliya Anatoliïvna Skakun is a Ukrainian weightlifter who competed in the Women's 63 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal, lifting 242.5 kg in total. During clean & jerk she lifted 135.0 kg, which was a new Olympic record. She also for a time held the...
– 69 kg	Vanda Maslovska	Milena Trendafilova	Kleanthi Milona
– 75 kg	Gyöngyi Likerecz Gyöngyi Likerecz Gyöngyi Likerecz is a retired female weightlifter from Hungary. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics in the women's heavyweight division...	Ilona Dankó	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	Albina Khomich	Viktória Varga	Viktoriya Shaimardanova

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