2012 European Weightlifting Championships

The 2012 European Weightlifting Championships was held at Kepez Basket Hall in Antalya, Turkey from 9 April to 15 April 2012. It was the 91st edition of the event.

2012 European Weightlifting Championships
Venue	Kepez Basket Hall
Location	Antalya, Turkey
Dates	9–15 April
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Doping

+ Doping test:^[1]

13 weightlifters (one or multiple prohibited anabolic steroids):

1. Hysen Pulaku (Albania)
2. Hanna Batsiushka (Belarus)
3. Dimitris Minasidis (Cyprus)
4. Irakli Turmanidze (Georgia)
5. Rauli Tsirekidze (Georgia)
6. Cristina Iovu (Moldova)
7. Florin Ionut Croitoru (Romania)
8. Razvan Constantin Martin (Romania)
9. Oxana Slivenko (Russia)
10. Gokhan Kilic (Turkey)
11. Bunyami Sezer (Turkey)
12. Hatice Yilmaz (Turkey)
13. Fatih Baydar (Turkey)

Medals tables

Ranking by all medals: "Big" (Total result) and "Small" (Snatch and Clean&Jerk)

After doping:^[2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	11	8	12	31
2	Azerbaijan (AZE)	7	3	5	15
3	Moldova (MDA)	3	6	2	11
4	Turkey (TUR)	3	5	5	13
5	Poland (POL)	3	1	1	5
6	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	0	2	4
7	Spain (ESP)	1	2	0	3
8	Albania (ALB)	1	1	1	3
9	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
10	Romania (ROU)	0	3	4	7
11	Hungary (HUN)	0	3	1	4
12	France (FRA)	0	2	2	4
13	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	1	2
14	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
17	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
18	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	0	0
	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	0	0
Totals (19 entries)		32	39	38	109

Ranking by "Big" (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	4	3	3	10
2	Azerbaijan (AZE)	3	0	2	5
3	Turkey (TUR)	1	2	2	5
4	Moldova (MDA)	1	2	1	4
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
7	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	2
9	Albania (ALB)	0	1	0	1
	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
13	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
15	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	0	0
	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	0	0
Totals (16 entries)		11	13	12	36

Schedule

The competition days were split in A and B groups.^[3]

Date Time Round 9 April 2012 11:30 Women's 48 kg Group B 14:00 Men's 56 kg Group B 16:30 Opening ceremony 17:30 Women's 48 kg Group A 20:00 Men's 56 kg Group A 10 April 2012 11:30 Women's 53 kg Group B 15:00 Men's 62 kg Group B 17:30 Women's 53 kg Group A 20:00 Men's 62 kg Group A 11 April 2012 11:30 Women's 58 kg Group B 15:00 Men's 69 kg Group B 17:30 Women's 58 kg Group A 20:00 Men's 69 kg Group A 12 April 2012 11:30 Women's 63 kg Group B 15:00 Men's 77 kg Group B 17:30 Women's 63 kg Group A 20:00 Men's 77 kg Group A

Date Time Round 13 April 2012 10:00 Women's 69 kg Group B 11:45 Men's 94 kg Group B 14:30 Men's 85 kg Group B 17:30 Women's 69 kg Group A 20:00 Men's 85 kg Group A 14 April 2012 10:00 Women's 75 kg/+ 75 kg Group B 11:30 Men's 105 kg Group B 14:30 Women's 75 kg Group A 17:30 Men's 94 kg Group A 20:00 Men's 105 kg Group A 15 April 2012 10:00 Men's + 105 kg Group B 13:00 Women's + 75 kg Group A 15:30 Men's + 105 kg Group A

Medal overview

Men

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
– 56 kg	Snatch	Valentin Hristov (AZE)	125 kg	Gökhan Kılıç (TUR)	121 kg	Oleg Sîrghi (MDA)	116 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Valentin Hristov (AZE)	155 kg	Oleg Sîrghi (MDA)	146 kg	Asen Muradov (BUL)	136 kg
	Total	Valentin Hristov (AZE)	280 kg	Oleg Sîrghi (MDA)	262 kg	Gökhan Kılıç (TUR)	257 kg
– 62 kg	Snatch	Bünyamin Sezer (TUR)	142 kg	Florin Croitoru (ROU)	131 kg	Dimitris Minasidis (CYP)	130 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Stoyan Enev (BUL)	160 kg	Bünyamin Sezer (TUR)	159 kg	Dimitris Minasidis (CYP)	158 kg
	Total	Bünyamin Sezer (TUR)	301 kg	Dimitris Minasidis (CYP)	288 kg	Stoyan Enev (BUL)	282 kg
– 69 kg	Snatch	Oleg Chen (RUS)	158 kg	Bernardin Matam (FRA)	145 kg	Daniel Godelli (ALB)	145 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Afgan Bayramov (AZE)	178 kg	Sergei Cechir (MDA)	175 kg	Vencelas Dabaya (FRA)	175 kg
	Total	Afgan Bayramov (AZE)	321 kg	Vencelas Dabaya (FRA)	318 kg	Bernardin Matam (FRA)	318 kg
– 77 kg	Snatch	Răzvan Martin (ROU)	159 kg	Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA)	158 kg	Dmitry Ivanenko (RUS)	155 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Răzvan Martin (ROU)	188 kg	Alexandr Spac (MDA)	187 kg	Semih Yağcı (TUR)	186 kg
	Total	Răzvan Martin (ROU)	347 kg	Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA)	345 kg	Alexandr Spac (MDA)	340 kg
– 85 kg	Snatch	Fatih Baydar (TUR)	166 kg	Rauli Tsirekidze (GEO)	165 kg	Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROM)	164 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Tom Schwarzbach (GER)	201 kg	Rauli Tsirekidze (GEO)	200 kg	Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROM)	195 kg
	Total	Rauli Tsirekidze (GEO)	365 kg	Fatih Baydar (TUR)	359 kg	Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROM)	359 kg
– 94 kg	Snatch	Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA)	178 kg	Ibrahim Arat (TUR)	171 kg	Aslan Bideev (RUS)	170 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA)	224 kg	Intigam Zairov (AZE)	213 kg	Aslan Bideev (RUS)	212 kg
	Total	Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA)	402 kg	Aslan Bideev (RUS)	382 kg	Ibrahim Arat (TUR)	380 kg
– 105 kg	Snatch	Maxim Sheyko (RUS)	185 kg	David Bedzhanyan (RUS)	185 kg	Serhiy Tahirov (UKR)	180 kg
	Clean & Jerk	David Bedzhanyan (RUS)	220 kg	Maxim Sheyko (RUS)	216 kg	Arkadiusz Michalski (POL)	212 kg
	Total	David Bedzhanyan (RUS)	405 kg	Maxim Sheyko (RUS)	401 kg	Serhiy Tahirov (UKR)	390 kg
+ 105 kg	Snatch	Irakli Turmanidze (GEO)	195 kg	Hayk Hakobyan (ARM)	195 kg	Peter Nagy (HUN)	192 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Ruslan Albegov (RUS)	238 kg	Jiří Orság (CZE)	235 kg	Andrey Kozlov (RUS)	235 kg
	Total	Ruslan Albegov (RUS)	429 kg	Matthias Steiner (GER)	424 kg	Irakli Turmanidze (GEO)	423 kg

Women

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
– 48 kg	Snatch	Marzena Karpińska (POL)	85 kg	Genny Pagliaro (ITA)	81 kg	Silviya Angelova (AZE)	78 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Marzena Karpińska (POL)	102 kg	Nurdan Karagöz (TUR)	100 kg	Silviya Angelova (AZE)	97 kg
	Total	Marzena Karpińska (POL)	187 kg	Nurdan Karagöz (TUR)	177 kg	Silviya Angelova (AZE)	175 kg
– 53 kg	Snatch	Cristina Iovu (MDA)	91 kg	Alena Chychkan (BLR)	88 kg	Aylin Daşdelen (TUR)	88 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Cristina Iovu (MDA)	116 kg	Aylin Daşdelen (TUR)	113 kg	Svetlana Cheremshanova (RUS)	113 kg
	Total	Cristina Iovu (MDA)	207 kg	Aylin Daşdelen (TUR)	201 kg	Svetlana Cheremshanova (RUS)	201 kg
– 58 kg	Snatch	Romela Begaj (ALB)	102 kg	Boyanka Kostova (AZE)	98 kg	Yelena Shadrina (RUS)	95 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Boyanka Kostova (AZE)	117 kg	Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL)	117 kg	Yelena Shadrina (RUS)	116 kg
	Total	Boyanka Kostova (AZE)	215 kg	Romela Begaj (ALB)	215 kg	Yelena Shadrina (RUS)	211 kg
– 63 kg	Snatch	Sibel Şimşek (TUR)	100 kg	Nikoletta Nagy (HUN)	94 kg	Liudmila Bril (BLR)	93 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Sibel Şimşek (TUR)	125 kg	Nikoletta Nagy (HUN)	116 kg	Neslihan Okumuş (TUR)	115 kg
	Total	Sibel Şimşek (TUR)	225 kg	Nikoletta Nagy (HUN)	210 kg	Neslihan Okumuş (TUR)	208 kg
– 69 kg	Snatch	Oksana Slivenko (RUS)	115 kg	Viktoriya Savenko (RUS)	115 kg	Roxana Cocoș (ROU)	110 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Oksana Slivenko (RUS)	143 kg	Roxana Cocoș (ROU)	142 kg	Viktoriya Savenko (RUS)	137 kg
	Total	Oksana Slivenko (RUS)	258 kg	Roxana Cocoș (ROU)	252 kg	Viktoriya Savenko (RUS)	252 kg
– 75 kg	Snatch	Lydia Valentín (ESP)	117 kg	Olga Zubova (RUS)	115 kg	Rumyana Petkova (BUL)	100 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Olga Zubova (RUS)	150 kg	Lydia Valentín (ESP)	143 kg	Hatice Yılmaz (TUR)	125 kg
	Total	Olga Zubova (RUS)	265 kg	Lydia Valentín (ESP)	260 kg	Hatice Yılmaz (TUR)	223 kg
+ 75 kg	Snatch	Tatiana Kashirina (RUS)	145 kg	Yuliya Dovhal (AZE)	123 kg	Julia Konovalova (RUS)	121 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Tatiana Kashirina (RUS)	183 kg	Julia Konovalova (RUS)	153 kg	Yuliya Dovhal (AZE)	150 kg
	Total	Tatiana Kashirina (RUS)	328 kg	Julia Konovalova (RUS)	274 kg	Yuliya Dovhal (AZE)	273 kg

Participating countries

275 athletes from 36 countries will participate in the championship.^[4]

•   Albania (12)
•   Armenia (3)
•   Azerbaijan (8)
•   Belarus (8)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•   Bulgaria (14)
•   Croatia (5)
•   Cyprus (2)
•   Czech Republic (12)
•   Denmark (2)
•   Estonia (2)
•   Finland (12)
•   France (12)
•   Georgia (4)
•   Germany (11)
•   Greece (14)
•   Hungary (10)
•   Ireland (6)
•   Israel (2)
•   Italy (15)
•   Kosovo (1)
•   Latvia (3)
•   Lithuania (8)
•   Moldova (10)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Poland (15)
•   Romania (10)
•   Russia (15)
•   Slovakia (10)
•   Spain (10)
•   Sweden (5)
•   Turkey (15)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United Kingdom (12)

References

1. "International Testing Agency-The ITA asserts 13 rule violations against weightlifters following a re-analysis campaign of 2012 samples".
2. "International Testing Agency-The ITA asserts 13 rule violations against weightlifters following a re-analysis campaign of 2012 samples".
3. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
4. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2012-04-07.

External links

• Official website
• Results 2017-03-22 at the Wayback Machine