Great performances from the Mediterranean countries at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Batumi, Georgia.
Overall six countries won 42 medals in a total of 180 given to the event, demonstrating the potential in the “sport of the strong”.
Men won 25 medals with Italy getting the lion’s share of the medals with 4 gold, one silver and one bronze. France followed with 2 gold medals, Turkiye with one gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze, Albania with 1-2-2 and Spain with one silver and one bronze.
Briken Calia (ALB)
Most of the 17 women’s medals were won by Turkiye with 2 gold, one silver and one bronze. Greece won 2 gold and one bronze, followed by Spain with 1-2-0, Italy with 1-1-2 and France with three bronze medals.
The best performances were made with three medals by Italian Mirco Scarantino, Turkish Ferdi Hardal and Albanian Briken Calia. In women, Saziye Erdoğan from Turkiye, Lidia Valentin from Spain and Eleni Konstantinidis from Greece won three medals.
Lidia Valentin (ESP)
The Medals of the Mediterranean countries are as follows:
ΜEN
55 kg
Snatch
1 SCARANTINO Mirco 116 ITA
2 SAHIN Muammer 112 TUR
Clean & Jerk
2 SCARANTINO Mirco 145 ITA
3 SAHIN Muammer 135 TUR
Total
1 SCARANTINO Mirco 261 ITA
3 SAHIN Muammer 247 TUR
61 kg
Snatch
2 SEZER Bunyami 132 TUR
3 HARDAL Ferdi 127 TUR
Clean & Jerk
2 HARDAL Ferdi 155 TUR
Total
2 SEZER Bunyami 283 TUR
3 HARDAL Ferdi 282 TUR
67 kg
Snatch
1 ISMAYILOV Daniyar 147 TUR
3 ZANNI Mirko 142 ITA
Clean & Jerk
1 KINGUE MATAM Bernardin 175 FRA
Total
1 KINGUE MATAM Bernardin 312 FRA
73 kg
Snatch
1 CALJA Briken 156 ALB
Clean & Jerk
2 CALJA Briken 183 ALB
3 SANCHEZ David 183 ESP
Total
2 CALJA Briken 339 ALB
81 kg
Snatch
2 MATA Andres Eduardo 160 ESP
3 QERIMAJ Erkand 159 ALB
Clean & Jerk
1 PIZZOLATO Antonino 201 ITA
2 ERDOGDU Celil 196 TUR
Total
1 PIZZOLATO Antonino 356 ITA
89 kg
Clean & Jerk
3 SHORAJ Krenar 195 ALB
WOMEN
45 kg
Snatch
1 ERDOGAN Saziye 75 TUR
Clean & Jerk
2 88 ERDOGAN Saziye 23.02.1992 TUR
Total
1 163 ERDOGAN Saziye 23.02.1992 TUR
49 kg
Snatch
3 MICHEL Anais 79 FRA
Clean & Jerk
2 RUSSO Giorgia 103 ITA
3 LORENTZ Manon 99 FRA
Total
3 RUSSO Giorgia 178 ITA
55 kg
Snatch
1 MAGISTRIS Lucrezia 90 ITA
Clean & Jerk
3 COBAN BASOL Aysegul 106 TUR
64 kg
Snatch
3 BORDIGNON Giorgia 101 ITA
76 kg.
Snatch
1 VALENTIN Lidia 108 ESP
3 NAYO KETCHANKE Gaelle 103 FRA
Clean & Jerk
2 VALENTIN Lidia 133 ESP
Total
2 VALENTIN Lidia 241 ESP
81 kg
Snatch
3 KONSTANTINIDI Eleni 97 GRE
1 KONSTANTINIDI Eleni 126 GRE
Clean & Jerk
1 KONSTANTINIDI Eleni 223 GRE
Eleni Konstantinidi (GRE)
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