Weightlifting EWF European Championships 2026

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Day #2 Medallists (Olympic Total only), Part II

 

women's -58kg:      

 

Full Results

https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Day_2.pdf

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Good start for us with 3 total medals so far. 

 

Angel Rusev took his 6th straight European title.   With this he equals Yoto Yotov and passed a bunch of other Bulgarian legends who have 5.  Above him are Nikolay Peshalov with 8th and Naim Süleymanoğlu with 7th (there could be others with such records, but i don't have the full statistics).

 

A shame that Rusev's overall level isn't on par on a worldwide scale, but we all know that Europe has practically taken a backseat in weightlifting the past 20 years, with the exception of a few individuals.  

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Day #3 Medallists (Olympic Total only)

 

women's -63kg:    

 

men's -71kg:      

 

Full Results

https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Day_3.pdf

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Day #4 Medallists (Olympic Total only)

 

women's -69kg:    

 

men's -79kg:      

 

Full Results

https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Day_4.pdf

[phelps 8,754]

interesting competition in the men's -88kg 

 

we can already say that Kianoush Rostami's switch to didnt go that well, as he bombed out in the Snatch (2 missed lifts at 167kg and 1 at 170 🤦)

@MHSN

 

meanwhile Andranik Karapwtyan's new Home Country can already enjoy a silver medal in the Snatch

 

Marin Robu however dominated the 1st phase with a new ER at 173kg

 

let's see now what happens in the C&J 🤔 (looking at the opening weights I fear that there will be a lot of misses, trying adventurous start weights)

 

Edited 1 hour ago by phelps

[phelps 8,754]

40 minutes ago, phelps said:

interesting competition in the men's -88kg 

 

we can already say that Kianoush Rostami's switch to didnt go that well, as he bombed out in the Snatch (2 missed lifts at 167kg and 1 at 170 🤦)

@MHSN

 

meanwhile Andranik Karapwtyan's new Home Country can already enjoy a silver medal in the Snatch

 

Marin Robu however dominated the 1st phase with a new ER at 173kg

 

let's see now what happens in the C&J 🤔 (looking at the opening weights I fear that there will be a lot of misses, trying adventurous start weights)

 

as expected, the C&J was quite a missed lifts fest

 

however, Marin Robu won also this competition with 200kg, completing the triple set of gold medals

 

local hero Luka Mskhelidze got the silver medal in both the C&J and the Olympic Total, with Andranik Karapetyan saving the Total bronze despite a modest effort in the 2nd phase

 

C&J bronze went to Cristiano Ficco ❤️ finally fit after a few years full of injuries (the Italian was also 4th in the OT, just 3kg shy of bronze and he was the only man with 6 good lifts Today)