European Weightlifting Championships is over at Tbilisi Sports Palace. On April 11-18 winners were revealed in 15 weight categories. The Georgian men’s team participated in the tournament with 8 athletes. Two of them managed to get in Top 3.
After 2-year disqualification Davit Gogia (105 kg) won bronze medal in the snatch. Irakli Turmanidze won silver medals.
“European Championship is over, we are looking forward to World Championship” – European Weightlifting Championships Tbilisi 2015 wrote on its official Facebook page. Tamas Ajan, president of International Weightlifting Federation, stated Georgia held the tournament at high level and has a chance to host World Championship. After the end of European Championship Levan Kipiani, minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, also stated it would be good if Georgia hosted World Championship.
Kakhi Kakhiashvili, acting president of the Georgian Weightlifting Federation and 3-time Olympic champion, has already confirmed Georgia is going to bid for the 2018 IWF Youth World Championships.
The Georgia weightlifting team will compete in World Championship which will take place in the USA on November 20-29. The Georgians will try to earn 3 licenses for the 2016 Olympic Games. Shota Mishveladze and Lasha Talakhadze will compete in World Championship and Raul Tsirekidze will recover from injury.
The official closing ceremony of European Championship was held at restaurant “Otium”. The delegates, European Championship Organizing Committee and honored guests attended the event.
Hasan Akkus, general secretary of European Weightlifting Federation, opened the ceremony. He thanked Kakhi Kakhiashvili and the whole Organizing Committee for the work they had done. Later Hasan Akkus awarded the best teams and athletes of the tournament.
The Ukraine women’s team took the first place. Russia and Turkey took the second-third places. The Moldova men’s team took the first place, Russia – the second and Poland – the third place.
Boyanka Kostova of Azerbaijan was named the best among the women and Aurimas Didzbalis of Lithuania was named the best among the men. Tatiana Kashirina of Russia was named the best weightlifter of European Championship.
Weightlifting
European Championship
Tbilisi
11-18 April
Men
56 kg
1 Oleg Sirghi (Moldova) 264 kg (113+151)
2 Smbat Margaryan (Armenia) 259 kg (113+146)
3 Mirco Scarantino (Italy) 259 kg (118+141)
6 Ramin Shamilishvili (Georgia) 245 kg (110+135)
62 kg
1 Valentin Hristov (Azerbaijan) 295 kg (135+160)
2 Bunyamin Sezer (Turkey) 288 kg (134+154)
3 Florin Croitoru (Romania) 287 kg (134+153)
69 kg
1 Daniyar Ismayilov (Turkey) 337 kg (156+181)
2 Sergei Petrov (Russia) 322 kg (146+176)
3 Bernardin Kingue Matam (France) 321 kg (146+175)
77 kg
1 Tigran Martirosyan (Armenia) 351 kg (160+191)
2 Victor Getts (Russia) 351 kg (160+191)
3 Andranik Karapetyan (Armenia) 350 kg (164+186)
12 Irakli Gabrichidze (Georgia) 305 kg (140+165)
- Giorgi Lomtadze (Georgia)
85 kg
1 Benjamin Hennequin (France) 367 kg (165+202)
2 Alexandru Dudoglo (Moldova) 362 kg (165+197)
3 Mikalai Novikau (Belarus) 361 kg (166+195)
94 kg
1 Aurimas Didzbalis (Lithuania) 403 kg (182+221)
2 Khetag Khugaev (Russia) 399 kg (180+219)
3 Aliaksandr Venskel (Belarus) 386 kg (177+209)
12 Nika Nanadze (Georgia) 335 kg (151+184)
105 kg
1 Bartlomiej Bonk (Poland) 408 kg (185+223)
2 Andrian Zbirnea (Moldova) 399 kg (177+222)
3 Arkadiusz Michalski (Poland) 399 kg (172+227)
9 Davit Gogia (Georgia) 391 kg (181+210)
- Gia Machavariani (Georgia)
+105 kg
1 Oleg Proshak (Ukraine) 435 kg (200+235)
2 Irakli Turmanidze (Georgia) 435 kg (201+234)
3 Chingiz Mogushkov (Russia) 432 kg (202+230)
12 Giorgi Chkheidze (Georgia) 367 kg (163+204)
Women
48 kg
1 Sibel Ozkan (Turkey) 179 kg (80+99)
2 Nurcan Taylan (Turkey) 178 kg (81+97)
3 Genny Pagliaro (Italy) 176 kg (81+95)
53 kg
1 Iulia Paratova (Ukraine) 200 kg (90+110)
2 Julia Schwarzbach (Germany) 186 kg (83+103)
3 Aysegul Coban (Turkey) 184 kg (75+109)
58 kg
1 Boyanka Kostova (Azerbaijan) 246 kg (109+137)
2 Irina Lepsa Lacramioara (Romania) 205 kg (91+114)
3 Aleksandra Klejnowska (Poland) 202 kg (89+113)
63 kg
1 Yuliya Kalina (Ukraine) 238 kg (106+132)
2 Nadezda Likhacheva (Russia) 223 kg (105+118)
3 Giorgia Bordignon (Italy) 214 kg (97+117)
11 Tatia Lortkipanidze (Georgia) 168 kg (74+94)
69 kg
1 Dzina Sazanavets (Belarus) 255 kg (115+140)
2 Iana Kondrashova (Russia) 235 kg (105+130)
3 Anastassiya Ibrahimli (Azerbaijan) 233 kg (103+130)
17 Sophio Mukataridze (Georgia) 145 kg (65+80)
75 kg
1 Lidia Valentin (Spain) 263 kg (118+145)
2 Nayo-Ketchanke Gaelle (France) 248 kg (111+137)
3 Darya Pachabut (Belarus) 247 kg (117+130)
+75 kg
1 Tatiana Kashirina (Russia) 322 kg (142+180)
2 Anastasiia Lysenko (Ukraine) 280 kg (126+154)
3 Andreea Aanei (Romania) 261 kg (120+141)
