# 2012 European Weightlifting Championships

The 2012 European Weightlifting Championships was held at Kepez Basket Hall in Antalya, Turkey from 9 April to 15 April 2012. It was the 91st edition of the event.

## Doping

+ Doping test:
13 weightlifters (one or multiple prohibited anabolic steroids):
* Hysen Pulaku (Albania)
* Hanna Batsiushka (Belarus)
* Dimitris Minasidis (Cyprus)
* Irakli Turmanidze (Georgia)
* Rauli Tsirekidze (Georgia)
* Cristina Iovu (Moldova)
* Florin Ionut Croitoru (Romania)
* Razvan Constantin Martin (Romania)
* Oxana Slivenko (Russia)
* Gokhan Kilic (Turkey)
* Bunyami Sezer (Turkey)
* Hatice Yilmaz (Turkey)
* Fatih Baydar (Turkey)
After retesting of samples and investigation into irregularities at the Moscow testing lab the following were disqualified in 2022.
* Valentin Hristov (Azerbaijan)
* Alan Bideev (Russia)
* Ruslan Albegov (Russia)
* Maxim Sheyko (Russia)
* Andrey Kozlov (Russia)
* Olga Zubova (Russia)

## Medals tables

Ranking by all medals: "Big" (Total result) and "Small" (Snatch and Clean&Jerk)
After doping:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Moldova (MDA) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Albania (ALB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 32 | 39 | 38 | 109 |
Ranking by "Big" (Total result) medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Albania (ALB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 |

## Schedule

The competition days were split in A and B groups.
| Date | Time | Round |
| 9 April 2012 | 11:30 | Women's 48 kg Group B |
| 9 April 2012 | 14:00 | Men's 56 kg Group B |
| 9 April 2012 | 16:30 | Opening ceremony |
| 9 April 2012 | 17:30 | Women's 48 kg Group A |
| 9 April 2012 | 20:00 | Men's 56 kg Group A |
| 10 April 2012 | 11:30 | Women's 53 kg Group B |
| 10 April 2012 | 15:00 | Men's 62 kg Group B |
| 10 April 2012 | 17:30 | Women's 53 kg Group A |
| 10 April 2012 | 20:00 | Men's 62 kg Group A |
| 11 April 2012 | 11:30 | Women's 58 kg Group B |
| 11 April 2012 | 15:00 | Men's 69 kg Group B |
| 11 April 2012 | 17:30 | Women's 58 kg Group A |
| 11 April 2012 | 20:00 | Men's 69 kg Group A |
| 12 April 2012 | 11:30 | Women's 63 kg Group B |
| 12 April 2012 | 15:00 | Men's 77 kg Group B |
| 12 April 2012 | 17:30 | Women's 63 kg Group A |
| 12 April 2012 | 20:00 | Men's 77 kg Group A |
| Date | Time | Round |
| 13 April 2012 | 10:00 | Women's 69 kg Group B |
| 13 April 2012 | 11:45 | Men's 94 kg Group B |
| 13 April 2012 | 14:30 | Men's 85 kg Group B |
| 13 April 2012 | 17:30 | Women's 69 kg Group A |
| 13 April 2012 | 20:00 | Men's 85 kg Group A |
| 14 April 2012 | 10:00 | Women's 75 kg/+ 75 kg Group B |
| 14 April 2012 | 11:30 | Men's 105 kg Group B |
| 14 April 2012 | 14:30 | Women's 75 kg Group A |
| 14 April 2012 | 17:30 | Men's 94 kg Group A |
| 14 April 2012 | 20:00 | Men's 105 kg Group A |
| 15 April 2012 | 10:00 | Men's + 105 kg Group B |
| 15 April 2012 | 13:00 | Women's + 75 kg Group A |
| 15 April 2012 | 15:30 | Men's + 105 kg Group A |

## Medal overview
### Men

| Event | | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| – 56 kg | Snatch | Valentin Hristov (AZE) | 125 kg | Gökhan Kılıç (TUR) | 121 kg | Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | 116 kg |
| – 56 kg | Clean & Jerk | Valentin Hristov (AZE) | 155 kg | Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | 146 kg | Asen Muradov (BUL) | 136 kg |
| – 56 kg | Total | Valentin Hristov (AZE) | 280 kg | Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | 262 kg | Gökhan Kılıç (TUR) | 257 kg |
| – 62 kg | Snatch | Bünyamin Sezer (TUR) | 142 kg | Florin Croitoru (ROU) | 131 kg | Dimitris Minasidis (CYP) | 130 kg |
| – 62 kg | Clean & Jerk | Stoyan Enev (BUL) | 160 kg | Bünyamin Sezer (TUR) | 159 kg | Dimitris Minasidis (CYP) | 158 kg |
| – 62 kg | Total | Bünyamin Sezer (TUR) | 301 kg | Dimitris Minasidis (CYP) | 288 kg | Stoyan Enev (BUL) | 282 kg |
| – 69 kg | Snatch | Oleg Chen (RUS) | 158 kg | Bernardin Matam (FRA) | 145 kg | Daniel Godelli (ALB) | 145 kg |
| – 69 kg | Clean & Jerk | Afgan Bayramov (AZE) | 178 kg | Sergei Cechir (MDA) | 175 kg | Vencelas Dabaya (FRA) | 175 kg |
| – 69 kg | Total | Afgan Bayramov (AZE) | 321 kg | Vencelas Dabaya (FRA) | 318 kg | Bernardin Matam (FRA) | 318 kg |
| – 77 kg | Snatch | Răzvan Martin (ROU) | 159 kg | Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA) | 158 kg | Dmitry Ivanenko (RUS) | 155 kg |
| – 77 kg | Clean & Jerk | Răzvan Martin (ROU) | 188 kg | Alexandr Spac (MDA) | 187 kg | Semih Yağcı (TUR) | 186 kg |
| – 77 kg | Total | Răzvan Martin (ROU) | 347 kg | Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA) | 345 kg | Alexandr Spac (MDA) | 340 kg |
| – 85 kg | Snatch | Fatih Baydar (TUR) | 166 kg | Rauli Tsirekidze (GEO) | 165 kg | Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROM) | 164 kg |
| – 85 kg | Clean & Jerk | Tom Schwarzbach (GER) | 201 kg | Rauli Tsirekidze (GEO) | 200 kg | Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROM) | 195 kg |
| – 85 kg | Total | Rauli Tsirekidze (GEO) | 365 kg | Fatih Baydar (TUR) | 359 kg | Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROM) | 359 kg |
| – 94 kg | Snatch | Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA) | 178 kg | Ibrahim Arat (TUR) | 171 kg | Aslan Bideev (RUS) | 170 kg |
| – 94 kg | Clean & Jerk | Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA) | 224 kg | Intigam Zairov (AZE) | 213 kg | Aslan Bideev (RUS) | 212 kg |
| – 94 kg | Total | Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA) | 402 kg | Aslan Bideev (RUS) | 382 kg | Ibrahim Arat (TUR) | 380 kg |
| – 105 kg | Snatch | Maxim Sheyko (RUS) | 185 kg | David Bedzhanyan (RUS) | 185 kg | Serhiy Tahirov (UKR) | 180 kg |
| – 105 kg | Clean & Jerk | David Bedzhanyan (RUS) | 220 kg | Maxim Sheyko (RUS) | 216 kg | Arkadiusz Michalski (POL) | 212 kg |
| – 105 kg | Total | David Bedzhanyan (RUS) | 405 kg | Maxim Sheyko (RUS) | 401 kg | Serhiy Tahirov (UKR) | 390 kg |
| + 105 kg | Snatch | Irakli Turmanidze (GEO) | 195 kg | Hayk Hakobyan (ARM) | 195 kg | Peter Nagy (HUN) | 192 kg |
| + 105 kg | Clean & Jerk | Ruslan Albegov (RUS) | 238 kg | Jiří Orság (CZE) | 235 kg | Andrey Kozlov (RUS) | 235 kg |
| + 105 kg | Total | Ruslan Albegov (RUS) | 429 kg | Matthias Steiner (GER) | 424 kg | Irakli Turmanidze (GEO) | 423 kg |

### Women

| Event | | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| – 48 kg | Snatch | Marzena Karpińska (POL) | 85 kg | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | 81 kg | Silviya Angelova (AZE) | 78 kg |
| – 48 kg | Clean & Jerk | Marzena Karpińska (POL) | 102 kg | Nurdan Karagöz (TUR) | 100 kg | Silviya Angelova (AZE) | 97 kg |
| – 48 kg | Total | Marzena Karpińska (POL) | 187 kg | Nurdan Karagöz (TUR) | 177 kg | Silviya Angelova (AZE) | 175 kg |
| – 53 kg | Snatch | Cristina Iovu (MDA) | 91 kg | Alena Chychkan (BLR) | 88 kg | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 88 kg |
| – 53 kg | Clean & Jerk | Cristina Iovu (MDA) | 116 kg | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 113 kg | Svetlana Cheremshanova (RUS) | 113 kg |
| – 53 kg | Total | Cristina Iovu (MDA) | 207 kg | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 201 kg | Svetlana Cheremshanova (RUS) | 201 kg |
| – 58 kg | Snatch | Romela Begaj (ALB) | 102 kg | Boyanka Kostova (AZE) | 98 kg | Yelena Shadrina (RUS) | 95 kg |
| – 58 kg | Clean & Jerk | Boyanka Kostova (AZE) | 117 kg | Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL) | 117 kg | Yelena Shadrina (RUS) | 116 kg |
| – 58 kg | Total | Boyanka Kostova (AZE) | 215 kg | Romela Begaj (ALB) | 215 kg | Yelena Shadrina (RUS) | 211 kg |
| – 63 kg | Snatch | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 100 kg | Nikoletta Nagy (HUN) | 94 kg | Liudmila Bril (BLR) | 93 kg |
| – 63 kg | Clean & Jerk | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 125 kg | Nikoletta Nagy (HUN) | 116 kg | Neslihan Okumuş (TUR) | 115 kg |
| – 63 kg | Total | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 225 kg | Nikoletta Nagy (HUN) | 210 kg | Neslihan Okumuş (TUR) | 208 kg |
| – 69 kg | Snatch | Oksana Slivenko (RUS) | 115 kg | Viktoriya Savenko (RUS) | 115 kg | Roxana Cocoș (ROU) | 110 kg |
| – 69 kg | Clean & Jerk | Oksana Slivenko (RUS) | 143 kg | Roxana Cocoș (ROU) | 142 kg | Viktoriya Savenko (RUS) | 137 kg |
| – 69 kg | Total | Oksana Slivenko (RUS) | 258 kg | Roxana Cocoș (ROU) | 252 kg | Viktoriya Savenko (RUS) | 252 kg |
| – 75 kg | Snatch | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 117 kg | Olga Zubova (RUS) | 115 kg | Rumyana Petkova (BUL) | 100 kg |
| – 75 kg | Clean & Jerk | Olga Zubova (RUS) | 150 kg | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 143 kg | Hatice Yılmaz (TUR) | 125 kg |
| – 75 kg | Total | Olga Zubova (RUS) | 265 kg | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | 260 kg | Hatice Yılmaz (TUR) | 223 kg |
| + 75 kg | Snatch | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 145 kg | Yuliya Dovhal (AZE) | 123 kg | Julia Konovalova (RUS) | 121 kg |
| + 75 kg | Clean & Jerk | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 183 kg | Julia Konovalova (RUS) | 153 kg | Yuliya Dovhal (AZE) | 150 kg |
| + 75 kg | Total | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 328 kg | Julia Konovalova (RUS) | 274 kg | Yuliya Dovhal (AZE) | 273 kg |

## Participating countries

275 athletes from 36 countries will participate in the championship.
* Albania (12)
* Armenia (3)
* Azerbaijan (8)
* Belarus (8)
* Belgium (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Bulgaria (14)
* Croatia (5)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (12)
* Denmark (2)
* Estonia (2)
* Finland (12)
* France (12)
* Georgia (4)
* Germany (11)
* Greece (14)
* Hungary (10)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (15)
* Kosovo (1)
* Latvia (3)
* Lithuania (8)
* Moldova (10)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (15)
* Romania (10)
* Russia (15)
* Slovakia (10)
* Spain (10)
* Sweden (5)
* Turkey (15)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (12)