1997 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 Rijeka

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, Croatia

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for the men. The women competition were held in Sevilla, Spain

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. It was the 76th edition of the men event, and the 10th for the women.

Men

– 54 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...	Sevdalin Angelov 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 ....	Mikhail Sevchenko
– 59 kg	Nikolay Peshalov	Leonidas Sabanis	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:...
– 64 kg	Hafız Süleymanoğlu Hafız Süleymanoğlu Hafız Süleymanoğlu , formerly known as Hafız Süleymanov, is a retired Turkish weightlifting of Azeri origin competing in bantamweight and featherweight divisions. He held world and European champion titles.-Career:He started weightlifting at the age of 15 in Azerbaycan...	Zoltán Farkas	Marian-Nicolae Dodita
– 70 kg	Ergün Batmaz Ergün Batmaz Ergün Batmaz is a Turkish European champion weightlifter competing in the lightweight division.He represented Turkey at the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics without success...	Zlatan Vanev	Plamen Zhelyazkov
– 76 kg	Yoto Yotov Yoto Yotov Yoto Vasilev Yotov is a Bulgarian/Croatian weightlifter.It can be said that Yotov has a great love for the sport, as he was still competing as recently as October 2006. He represented Croatia in the Men's 85 kg class...	Ingo Steinhoefel	Ruslan Savchenko
– 83 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...	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:...	Yuriy Myshkovets
– 91 kg	Bulut Sunay	Oliver Caruso	Oleg Tchoumak
– 99 kg	Stanislav Ribalchenko	Dmitry Smirnov	Martin Tesovic 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...
– 108 kg	Denys Gotfrid	Evgeny Chichliannikov	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....
+ 108 kg	Tibor Stark Tibor Stark Tibor Stark is a retired male weightlifter from Hungary. He competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 . A European champion in 1997, he ended up in 8th place in 1996 and 2000 in the men's superheavyweight division .-References:*...	Raimonds Bergmanis Raimonds Bergmanis Raimonds Bergmanis is a fomer Olympic weightlifting champion and retired strongman competitor from Latvia....	Stian Grimseth Stian Grimseth Stian Grimseth is a world-known weightlifter from Naustdal in Norway. He won the European Championship in 1996 and at some time held the 6th position in the world ranking....

Women

– 46 kg	Estefania Juan	Lyubov Averianova	Donka Mincheva
– 50 kg	Esma Can	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...	Rebeca Sires Rodriguez
– 54 kg	Neli Yankova	Neshlian Demiroz	Dagmar Danekova
– 59 kg	Fatma Kabadayi	Maria Christoforidou	Josefa Perez
– 64 kg	Ioanna Chatzioannou	Erzsébet Márkus Erzsébet Márkus Erzsébet Márkus-Peresztegi is a retired female weightlifter from Hungary. She became an Olympic medalist during the 2000 Summer Olympics when she won the silver medal in the women's – 69 kg class....	Tatyana Tesikova
– 70 kg	Sule Sahbaz Sule Sahbaz 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...	Irina Kasimova	Ilona Dankó
– 76 kg	Aysel Özgür	Mária Takács	Monica Carrio
– 83 kg	Deriya Acikgöz	Albina Khomich	Monique Riesterer
+ 83 kg	Nurcihan Gonul	Stamatia Bontozi	Katarina Sederholm

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