2000 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 Sofia

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. It was the 79th 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...	Ivan Ivanov	Adrian Jigau
– 62 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov	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 ....	Naim Suleymanoglu Naim Süleymanoglu Naim Süleymanoğlu , formerly known as Naim Suleimanov , is a Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting...
– 69 kg	Sergei Lavrenov	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...	Yasin Arslan
– 77 kg	Zlatan Vanev	Plamen Zhelyazkov	Ilirian Suli
– 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	Yuriy Myshkovets
– 94 kg	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" ....	Vadim Vacarciuc Vadim Vacarciuc Vadim Vacarciuc is a retired male weightlifter from Moldova. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native Eastern European country, starting in 1996....	Bünyami Sudaş
– 105 kg	Metin Kadir	Robert Dolega	Evgeny Chichliannikov
+ 105 kg	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...	Ronny Weller Ronny Weller Ronny Weller is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany and later for Germany....	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....

Women

– 48 kg	Donka Mincheva	Eva Giganti	Olena Zinovyeva
– 53 kg	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...	Estefania Juan	Siyka Stoyeva
– 58 kg	Neli Yankova	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....	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...
– 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:*...	Josefa Perez	Veronika Buronova
– 69 kg	Milena Trendafilova	Daniela Kerkelova	Irina Kasimova
– 75 kg	Svetlana Khabirova	Venera Mannanova	Beata Prei
+ 75 kg	Vita Rudenok	Monique Riesterer	Albina Khomich

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