2005 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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from April 19 to April 24, 2005. It was the 84th edition of the event. There were a total number of 185 athletes competing, from 30 nations.

Men

– 56 kg	Sedat Artuç Sedat Artuc Sedat Artuç is a Turkish European champion in weightlifting. He is winner of silver medal in World championship and of bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics....	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...	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....
– 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...	Sevdalin Minchev 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 ....	Adrian Jigău
– 69 kg	Demir Demirev Demir Demirev Demir Demirev is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He is of Turkish ethnicity. He participated in the men's -69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Vencelas Dabaya and Shi Zhiyong...	Ferit Sen	Mehmed Fikretov
– 77 kg	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...	Sebastian Dogariu	Ivan Stoitzov
– 85 kg	Ruslan Novikov	Valeriu Calancea Valeriu Calancea Valeriu Calancea is a Romanian weightlifter.-External links:*...	Arsen Melikyan Arsen Melikyan Arsen Melikyan is an Armenian weightlifter. He competed in the Men's 77 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal.-References:*...
– 94 kg	Hakan Yilmaz Hakan Yılmaz (weightlifter) Hakan Yılmaz is a European champion Turkish weightlifter competing in the –94 kg and 105 kg divisions. He acts also as a trainer in Eskişehir.-Achievements:Olympics:World Championships:...	Andrey Skorobogatov	Konstyantyn Pipiyev
– 105 kg	Vladimir Smorchkov Vladimir Smorchkov Vladimir Smorchkov is a Russian weightlifter.-External links:*...	Bünyamin Sudaş Bünyamin Sudaş Bünyamin Sudaş , aka Bünyami Sudaş, is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 105 kg division.Bünyamin Sudaş is tall and weighs...	Ramūnas Vyšniauskas Ramunas Vyšniauskas Ramūnas Vyšniauskas is a weightlifter from Lithuania. He competes in the 105 kg class.-Results:-References:...
+ 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....	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...

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...	Rebecca Sires Rodrigez	Donka Mincheva
– 53 kg	Nastassia Novikava Nastassia Novikava Nastassia Novikava is a weightlifter from Belarus.At the 2004 Summer Olympics she ranked fifth in the 53 kg class...	Marioara Munteanu	Nataliya Trotsenko
– 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....	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....	Marieta Gotfryd Marieta Gotfryd Marieta Gotfryd is a Polish weightlifter.At the 2001 World Championships she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category....
– 63 kg	Svetlana Shimkova Svetlana Shimkova Svetlana Shimkova is a Russian weightlifter.At the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships she won the silver medal in the 63 kg category, with a world record clean and jerk of 139 kg, which was surpassed in the same contest by Pawina Thongsuk with 140 kg.She won gold in the...	Dominika Misterska	Gergana Kirilova
– 69 kg	Zarema Kasayeva	Olga Kiseleva	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	Svetlana Podobedova Svetlana Podobedova Svetlana Podobedova is a Kazakh weightlifter of Russian descent.-External links:*...	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:*...	Rumyana Petkova
+ 75 kg	Viktoriya Shaymardanova	Yulia Dovgal	Yordanka Apostolova

Medal table

	Total	15	15	15	45
1	Russia	6	4	0	10
2	Turkey	4	3	0	7
3	Belarus	2	0	1	3
4	Bulgaria	1	1	6	8
5	Ukraine	1	1	3	5
6	Latvia	1	0	0	1
7	Romania	0	3	1	4
8	Poland	0	2	1	3
9	Spain	0	1	0	1
10	Armenia	0	0	2	2
11	Lithuania	0	0	1	1

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