2006 European Weightlifting Championships

The 2006 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Władysławowo, Poland from 29 April to 7 May 2006. It was the 85th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.

Medal overview

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 56 kg	Vitali Dzerbianiou	Igor Grabucea	László Tancsics
– 62 kg	Dmitry Voronin	Adrian Jigău	Henadzy Makhveyenia
– 69 kg	Demir Demirev	Vencelas Dabaya	Armen Ghazaryan
– 77 kg	Gevorg Davtyan	Vladislav Lukanin	Georgi Markov
– 85 kg	Andrei Rybakou	Yury Myshkovets	Zaur Takhushev
– 94 kg	Szymon Kołecki	Andrey Demanov	Nikolas Kourtidis
– 105 kg	Marcin Dołęga	Vladimir Smorchkov	Alexandru Bratan
+ 105 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs	Velichko Cholakov	Paweł Najdek[1]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 48 kg	Estefania Juan	Svetlana Ulyanova	Genny Caterina Pagliaro
– 53 kg	Marioara Munteanu	Nataliya Trotsenko	Virginie Lachaume
– 58 kg	Marina Shainova	Fetie Kasaj	Aleksandra Klejnowska
– 63 kg	Svetlana Shimkova	Hanna Batsiushka	Vanda Maslovska
– 69 kg	Tatiana Matveeva	Natalya Davydova	Dominika Misterska
– 75 kg	Natalya Zabolotnaya	Valentina Popova	Hripsime Khurshudyan
+ 75 kg	Olha Korobka	Natalia Gagarina	Yordanka Apostolova


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	5	6	2	13
2	Belarus	3	1	1	5
3	Ukraine	1	2	1	4
4	Bulgaria	1	1	2	4
4	Poland	1	1	2	4
6	Romania	1	1	0	2
7	Armenia	1	0	2	3
8	Latvia	1	0	0	1
8	Spain	1	0	0	1
10	Moldova	0	1	1	2
11	Albania	0	1	0	1
12	France	0	0	2	2
13	Hungary	0	0	1	1
13	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		15	14	15	44

Ashot Danielyan of Armenia originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified and suspended for life after he tested positive for drugs.

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