2005 European Weightlifting Championships

The 2005 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 19 to April 24, 2005. It was the 84th edition of the event. There were a total number of 185 athletes competing, from 30 nations.

2005 European Championships

Medal overview

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 56 kg	Sedat Artuç	Erol Bilgin	Vitali Dzerbianiou
– 62 kg	Sevdalin Minchev	Adrian Jigau	Stefan Georgiev
– 69 kg	Demir Demirev	Ferit Sen	Mehmed Fikretov
– 77 kg	Taner Sağır	Sebastian Dogariu	Ivan Stoitsov
– 85 kg	Ruslan Novikov	Valeriu Calancea	Arsen Melikyan
– 94 kg	Hakan Yilmaz	Andrey Skorobogatov	Kostiantyn Pipiyev
– 105 kg	Vladimir Smorchkov	Bünyamin Sudaş	Ramūnas Vyšniauskas
+ 105 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs	Evgeny Chigishev	Ashot Danielyan

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 48 kg	Svetlana Ulyanova	Rebecca Sires Rodrigez	Donka Mincheva
– 53 kg	Nastassia Novikava	Marioara Munteanu	Nataliya Trotsenko
– 58 kg	Marina Shainova	Aleksandra Klejnowska	Marieta Gotfryd
– 63 kg	Svetlana Shimkova	Dominika Misterska	Gergana Kirilova
– 69 kg	Zarema Kasayeva	Olga Kiseleva	Nataliya Davydova
– 75 kg	Svetlana Podobedova	Valentina Popova	Rumyana Petkova
+ 75 kg	Viktoriya Shaimardanova	Yuliya Dovhal	Yordanka Apostolova

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	6	4	0	10
2	Turkey	3	3	0	6
3	Bulgaria	2	0	7	9
4	Belarus	2	0	1	3
5	Ukraine	1	1	3	5
6	Latvia	1	0	0	1
7	Romania	0	4	0	4
8	Poland	0	2	1	3
9	Spain	0	1	0	1
10	Armenia	0	0	2	2
11	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		15	15	15	45

References

• Results (sports123)