2007 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 Strasbourg

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from 17 April to 22 April 2007. It was the 86th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.

Men

– 56 kg	Igor Bour Igor Bour Igor Bour is a male weightlifter from Moldova. He is best known for winning the title at the 2007 European Championships in the men's – 56 kg division, defeating Vitali Dzerbianiou and Igor Grabucea.-References:*...	Vitali Dzerbianiou 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....	Igor Grabucea Igor Grabucea Igor Grabucea is a Moldovan weightlifter. His personal best is 267.5 kg.He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 56 kg division finishing fourteenth with 239 kg....
– 62 kg	Sergey Petrosyan Sergey Petrosyan Sergey Petrosyan is an Armenian weightlifter representing Russia.Petrosyan participated in the European Weightlifting Championships of 2007 and 2008, and winning gold in both years.Since 2007 Jun till now Sergey Petrosyan is director of Linus in Armenia...	Henadzy Makhveyenia Henadzy Makhveyenia Henadzy Makhveyenia is a Belarusian weightlifter. His personal best combined total is 290 kg.At the 2006 and 2007 European Weightlifting Championships he won overall silver in the 62 kg category, both times winning gold medals in the snatch.He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer...	Erol Bilgin Erol Bilgin Erol Bilgin is a Turkish European champion in weightlifting competing in the 62 kg division.He was born in the western Anatolian city of Kütahya. Bilgin started weightlifting in 1998 at the Kütahya Gençlik Merkezi S.K. Two years later, he transferred to Tarım Kredi S.K. He is coached by Hilmi...
– 69 kg	Vencelas Dabaya	Tigran G. Martirosyan Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan is a world champion and Olympic bronze medalist weightlifter from Armenia.At the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships he ranked 6th in the 69 kg category with a total of 306 kg....	Vladislav Lukanin
– 77 kg	Gevorg Davtyan Gevorg Davtyan Gevorg Davtyan is an Armenian weightlifter. He is 165 cm tall.He won the silver medal in the 77 kg category at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships....	Ara Khachatryan Ara Khachatryan Ara Khachatryan is an Armenian weightlifter.Khachatryan participated in the men's -77 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Taner Sagir and Li Hongli...	Taner Sağır Taner Sagir Taner Sağır is a Turkish world and Olympic weightlifting champion. Coming to Athens as holder of all the junior world records, he broke, at age of 19 only, Olympic records in the category –77 kg snatch, clean and jerk and total, and became so the youngest Olympic champion in the...
– 85 kg	Valeriu Calancea Valeriu Calancea Valeriu Calancea is a Romanian weightlifter.-External links:*...	İzzet İnce İzzet İnce İzzet İnce is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the –85 kg division. He is tall.He participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China without achieving a podium result...	Vadzim Straltsou
– 94 kg	Szymon Kołecki	Roman Konstantinov	Evgheni Bratan
– 105 kg	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...	Gleb Pisarevskiy Gleb Pisarevskiy Gleb Olegovich Pisarevskiy is a Russian weightlifter who won the bronze medal in the 105 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:**...	Dmitry Lapikov Dmitry Lapikov Dmitry Valentinovich Lapikov is a Russian weightlifter competing in the 105 kg category.At the 2005 World Championships he ranked 4th, with a total of 408 kg...
+ 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....	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....	Paweł Najdek

Women

– 48 kg	Estefania Juan	Nurcan Taylan Nurcan Taylan Nurcan Taylan is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record ....	Genny Caterina Pagliaro
– 53 kg	Marioara Munteanu	Nataliya Trotsenko	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...
– 58 kg	Marina Shainova Marina Shainova Marina Vladimirovna Shainova is a Russian weightlifter.Shainova won the Junior World Championships twice, 2005 in the 58 kg category, and 2006 in the 63 kg category....	Ruth Kasirye Ruth Kasirye Ruth Kasirye is a Norwegian weightlifter competing in the Women's 58 kg and 63 kg categories.She came to Norway in 1998....	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....
– 63 kg	Meline Daluzyan Meline Daluzyan Meline Daluzyan is an Armenian weightlifter.Daluzyan participated in the women's under 63 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Quyang Xiaofang and Svetlana Shimkova...	Sibel Şimşek Sibel Şimşek Sibel Şimşek is a European champion Turkish female weightlifter competing in the Women's 63 kg division. She is tall and weighs .Sibel Şimşek is a member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü...	Hanna Batsiushka Hanna Batsiushka Hanna Batsiushka is a Belarusian weightlifter.She competed in the Women's 63 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal, lifting 242.5 kg in total....
– 69 kg	Oxana Slivenko Oxana Slivenko Oxana Nikolayevna Slivenko is a Russian weightlifter.She won the silver medal at the 2005 Junior World Championships in the 63 kg category, and again at the 2006 Junior World Championships in the 69 kg category.Slivenko participated in the women's 69 kg class at the 2006 World...	Nazik Avdalyan	Natalya Davydova Natalya Davydova Natalya Davydova is a Ukrainian weightlifter.She won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category at the 2005 Junior World Championships, with a total of 233 kg....
– 75 kg	Hripsime Khurshudyan	Tatiana Matveeva Tatiana Matveeva Tatiana Matveeva is a Russian weightlifter.Matveeva participated in the women's -69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the silver medal, finishing behind Oxana Slivenko...	Lidia Valentín Lidia Valentín Lidia Valentín Pérez is a Spanish weightlifter competing mainly in the Women's 75 kg category.She was born in Ponferrada, León....
+ 75 kg	Olha Korobka Olha Korobka Olha Korobka Olha Korobka Olha Korobka (born December 7, 1985 Bobrovytsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. is a female Ukrainian weightlifter who was European record holder in the snatch with 133 kg, and in the clean and jerk with 164 kg....	Katsiaryna Shkuratava	Yuliya Dovhal

Medal table

	Total	15	15	15	45
1	Russia	3	4	3	10
2	Armenia	3	3	0	6
3	Romania	2	0	0	2
4	Ukraine	1	1	2	4
5	Moldova	1	0	2	3
5	Poland	1	0	2	3
6	Spain	1	0	1	2
8	France	1	0	0	1
	Latvia	1	0	0	1
	Slovakia	1	0	0	1
11	Belarus	0	3	2	5
11	Turkey	0	3	2	5
13	Norway	0	1	0	1
14	Italy	0	0	1	1

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