| 2011 European Weightlifting Championships | |
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| Venue | Basket-Hall Arena |
| Location | Kazan, Russia |
| Dates | 10–17 April |
The 2011 European Weightlifting Championships was held in Kazan, Russia from 11 April to 17 April 2011. It was the 90th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.
Ranking by all medals: "Big" (Total result) and "Small" (Snatch and Clean&Jerk)
* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia * | 22 | 11 | 3 | 36 |
| 2 |  Turkey | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 |  Belarus | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 |  Moldova | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 |  Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 |  Romania | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 |  Armenia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Georgia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 |  Germany | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 |  Poland | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 |  Albania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Italy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 15 |  Hungary | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Spain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 17 |  France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 42 | 45 | 45 | 132 | |
Ranking by "Big" (Total result) medals
* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia * | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Moldova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Armenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Albania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 14 | 15 | 15 | 44 | |
| Event [1] | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – 56 kg Details | Snatch | Gökhan Kılıç (TUR) | 118 kg | Stanislau Chadovich (BLR) | 118 kg | Ghenadie Dudoglo (MDA) | 115 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | 150 kg | Florin Ionuț Croitoru (ROU) | 141 kg | Smbat Margaryan (ARM) | 141 kg | |
| Total | Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | 262 kg | Gökhan Kılıç (TUR) | 256 kg | Florin Ionuț Croitoru (ROU) | 256 kg | |
| – 62 kg Details | Snatch | Bünyamin Sezer (TUR) | 140 kg | Antoniu Buci (ROU) | 134 kg | Damian Wiśniewski (POL) | 130 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Marius Gîscan (ROU) | 162 kg | Hurşit Atak (TUR) | 161 kg | Bünyamin Sezer (TUR) | 158 kg | |
| Total | Bünyamin Sezer (TUR) | 298 kg | Antoniu Buci (ROU) | 290 kg | Hurşit Atak (TUR) | 289 kg | |
| – 69 kg Details | Snatch | Mete Binay (TUR) | 154 kg | Răzvan Martin (ROU) | 150 kg | Vladislav Lukanin (RUS) | 146 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Vladislav Lukanin (RUS) | 186 kg | Răzvan Martin (ROU) | 181 kg | Daniel Godelli (ALB) | 176 kg | |
| Total | Vladislav Lukanin (RUS) | 332 kg | Răzvan Martin (ROU) | 331 kg | Daniel Godelli (ALB) | 321 kg | |
| – 77 kg Details | Snatch | Arayik Mirzoyan (ARM) | 160 kg | Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | 157 kg | Semih Yağcı (TUR) | 155 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Semih Yağcı (TUR) | 192 kg | Arayik Mirzoyan (ARM) | 187 kg | Richard Tkáč (SVK) | 183 kg | |
| Total | Semih Yağcı (TUR) | 347 kg | Arayik Mirzoyan (ARM) | 347 kg | Richard Tkáč (SVK) | 335 kg | |
| – 85 kg Details | Snatch | Apti Aukhadov (RUS) | 173 kg | Aleksey Yufkin (RUS) | 170 kg | Edgar Gevorgyan (ARM) | 165 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Aleksey Yufkin (RUS) | 215 kg | Apti Aukhadov (RUS) | 212 kg | Benjamin Hennequin (FRA) | 208 kg | |
| Total | Aleksey Yufkin (RUS) | 385 kg | Apti Aukhadov (RUS) | 385 kg | Benjamin Hennequin (FRA) | 373 kg | |
| – 94 kg Details | Snatch | Aurimas Didžbalis (LTU) | 177 kg | Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA) | 173 kg | Andrey Demanov (RUS) | 171 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Andrey Demanov (RUS) | 220 kg | Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA) | 217 kg | Aurimas Didžbalis (LTU) | 205 kg | |
| Total | Andrey Demanov (RUS) | 391 kg | Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA) | 390 kg | Aurimas Didžbalis (LTU) | 382 kg | |
| – 105 kg | Snatch | Khadzhimurat Akkaev (RUS) | 195 kg | Gia Machavariani (GEO) | 183 kg | Mikhail Audzeyeu (BLR) | 181 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Khadzhimurat Akkaev (RUS) | 230 kg | Gia Machavariani (GEO) | 217 kg | Bartlomiej Bonk (POL) | 214 kg | |
| Total | Khadzhimurat Akkaev (RUS) | 425 kg | Gia Machavariani (GEO) | 400 kg | Bartlomiej Bonk (POL) | 394 kg | |
| + 105 kg | Snatch | Ihor Shymechko (UKR) | 195 kg | Irakli Turmanidze (GEO) | 188 kg | Yauheni Zharnasek (BLR) | 187 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Jiří Orság (CZE) | 226 kg | Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) | 224 kg | Yauheni Zharnasek (BLR) | 223 kg | |
| Total | Ihor Shymechko (UKR) | 412 kg | Jiří Orság (CZE) | 410 kg | Yauheni Zharnasek (BLR) | 410 kg | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – 48 kg Details | Snatch | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) (DQ) | 90 kg | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | 82 kg | Nurdan Karagöz (TUR) | 80 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) (DQ) | 105 kg | Nurdan Karagöz (TUR) | 100 kg | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | 98 kg | |
| Total | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) (DQ) | 195 kg | Nurdan Karagöz (TUR) | 180 kg | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | 180 kg | |
| – 53 kg Details | Snatch | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 90 kg | Julia Rohde (GER) | 83 kg | Mariya Vidlyvana (UKR) | 83 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 112 kg | Ayşegül Çoban (TUR) | 105 kg | Julia Rohde (GER) | 104 kg | |
| Total | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | 202 kg | Julia Rohde (GER) | 187 kg | Ayşegül Çoban (TUR) | 180 kg | |
| – 58 kg Details | Snatch | Nastassia Novikava (BLR) | 100 kg | Iuliia Paratova (UKR) | 92 kg | Yuliya Derkach (UKR) | 88 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Nastassia Novikava (BLR) | 125 kg | Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL) | 110 kg | Iuliia Paratova (UKR) | 108 kg | |
| Total | Nastassia Novikava (BLR) | 225 kg | Iuliia Paratova (UKR) | 200 kg | Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL) | 196 kg | |
| – 63 kg Details | Snatch | Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) | 112 kg | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 108 kg | Marina Shainova (RUS) | 104 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Marina Shainova (RUS) | 141 kg | Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) | 133 kg | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 130 kg | |
| Total | Marina Shainova (RUS) | 245 kg | Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) | 245 kg | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 238 kg | |
| – 69 kg Details | Snatch | Oxana Slivenko (RUS) | 120 kg | Tatiana Matveeva (RUS) | 110 kg | Eszter Krutzler (HUN) | 104 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Oxana Slivenko (RUS) | 145 kg | Tatiana Matveeva (RUS) | 141 kg | Eszter Krutzler (HUN) | 127 kg | |
| Total | Oxana Slivenko (RUS) | 265 kg | Tatiana Matveeva (RUS) | 251 kg | Eszter Krutzler (HUN) | 231 kg | |
| – 75 kg Details | Snatch | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 133 kg | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | 130 kg | Lydia Valentin (ESP) | 122 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | 162 kg WR | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 153 kg | Lydia Valentin (ESP) | 142 kg | |
| Total | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | 292 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 286 kg | Lydia Valentin (ESP) | 264 kg | |
| + 75 kg | Snatch | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 146 kg WR | Ümmühan Uçar (TUR) | 113 kg | Kathleen Schöppe (GER) | 100 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 181 kg | Ümmühan Uçar (TUR) | 136 kg | Kathleen Schöppe (GER) | 131 kg | |
| Total | Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) | 327 kg WR | Ümmühan Uçar (TUR) | 249 kg | Kathleen Schöppe (GER) | 231 kg | |
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