2003 European Weightlifting Championships

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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 Loutraki

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. It was the 82nd edition of the event.

Men

– 56 kg	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....	Adrian Jigau	Naiden Rusev
– 62 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...	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:...	Henadzi Aliashchuk Gennady Oleshchuk Gennady Yuryevich Oleshchuk is a retired male weightlifter from Belarus, who competed in the men's featherweight class weight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. He set one featherweight world record in the clean & jerk in 2001.-References:*...
– 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...	Turan Mirzayev	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...
– 77 kg	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...	Reyhan Arabacioglu Reyhan Arabacıoğlu Reyhan Arabacıoğlu is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 77 kg division.He started weighlifting in İzmir, where he is a member of the weightlifting team of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü.-Achievements:Olympics:...	Andrzej Kozlowski
– 85 kg	Zlatan Vanev	Yuriy Myshkovets	Rouslan Lizounov
– 94 kg	Milen Dobrev Milen Dobrev Milen Dobrev is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He became Olympic champion in 2004 in the middle heavyweight class. In same year he won the European Championship in Kiev.-References:...	Sergey Zhukov	Tadeusz Drzazga Tadeusz Drzazga Tadeusz Drzazga is a retired male weightlifter from Poland. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing in 13th place in the men's middle-heavyweight division...
– 105 kg	Igor Razoronov	Alan Tsagaev Alan Tsagaev Alan Tsagaev is a Bulgarian weightlifter of Ossetian origin who competed in the Men's 105 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal, lifting 422.5 kg in total...	Vladimir Smortchkov
+ 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....	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...	Damyan Damyanov

Women

– 48 kg	Svetlana Ulyanova Svetlana Ulyanova Svetlana Ulyanova is a Russian weightlifter.Ulyanova participated in the women's -48 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships, but did not win a medal; however finished on an equal amount of lifted weight at the end of the competition alongside the silver and bronze medal...	Olena Zinovyeva	Gema Peris
– 53 kg	Nurcan Taylan Nurcan Taylan Nurcan Taylan is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record ....	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...	Marioara Munteanu
– 58 kg	Aylin Dasdelen Aylin Daşdelen Aylin Daşdelen is a European champion Turkish female weightlifter competing in the Women's 53 kg and 58 kg divisions...	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:...	Michaela Breeze Michaela Breeze Michaela Alica Breeze MBE is a British weightlifter. Breeze was born in Watford and raised in Cornwall and educated at Wadebridge School. She started weightlifting under the guidance of PE teacher Dave Allen...
– 63 kg	Anastasia Tsakiri	Gergana Kirilova	Zlatina Atanasova
– 69 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:*...	Milena Trendafilova	Zarema Kasaeva Zarema Kasaeva Zarema Kasaeva is a Russian weightlifter. Kasaeva became an Olympic medalist during the 2004 Summer Olympics when she won the bronze medal in the women's -69 kg class....
– 75 kg	Natalya Zabolotnaya	Rumiana Petkova	Christina Ioannidi
+ 75 kg	Albina Khomich	Agata Wróbel Agata Wróbel Agata Wróbel is a Polish weightlifter, and is a world record-breaker in the +75 kg category....	Deriya Acikgoz

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