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2012 in weightlifting
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Overview of the events of 2012 in weightlifting
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This article lists the main
weightlifting
events and their results for 2012.
Contents
2012 Summer Olympics (IWF)
World & Grand Prix weightlifting championships
Continental & regional weightlifting championships
References
External links
2012 Summer Olympics (
IWF
)
The results below came from the IWF's 2012 Summer Olympics Results Page
[
1
]
Men's 56 kg:
Om Yun-chol
;
Wu Jingbiao
;
Valentin Hristov
Men's 62 kg:
Kim Un-guk
;
Óscar Figueroa
;
Eko Yuli Irawan
Men's 69 kg:
Lin Qingfeng
;
Triyatno
;
Răzvan Martin
Men's 77 kg:
Lü Xiaojun
;
Lu Haojie
;
Iván Cambar
Men's 85 kg:
Adrian Zieliński
;
Kianoush Rostami
;
Tarek Yehia
Men's 94 kg:
Saeid Mohammadpour
;
Kim Min-jae
;
Tomasz Zieliński
Men's 105 kg:
Oleksiy Torokhtiy
;
Navab Nassirshalal
;
Bartłomiej Bonk
Men's +105 kg:
Behdad Salimi
;
Sajjad Anoushiravani
;
Ruslan Albegov
Women's 48 kg:
Wang Mingjuan
;
Hiromi Miyake
;
Ryang Chun-hwa
Women's 53 kg:
Hsu Shu-ching
;
Citra Febrianti
;
Iulia Paratova
Women's 58 kg:
Li Xueying
;
Pimsiri Sirikaew
;
Rattikan Gulnoi
Women's 63 kg:
Christine Girard
;
Milka Maneva
;
Luz Acosta
Women's 69 kg:
Rim Jong-sim
;
Roxana Cocoș
;
Anna Nurmukhambetova
Women's 75 kg:
Lydia Valentín
;
Abeer Abdelrahman
;
Madias Nzesso
Women's +75 kg:
Zhou Lulu
;
Tatiana Kashirina
;
Jang Mi-ran
World & Grand Prix weightlifting championships
May 10 –
?: 2012 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Antigua Guatemala
[
2
]
China
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
September 18 –
?: 2012 World Youth Weightlifting Championships in
Košice
[
3
]
Russia
and
China
won 3 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
October 12: –
?: 2012 IWF Grand Prix #1 in
Saint Petersburg
[
4
]
Men's 94 kg:
Egor Klimonov
Men's 105 kg:
Gennady Muratov
Men's +105 kg:
Jiří Orság
Women's 75 kg:
Olga Zubova
Women's +75 kg:
Tatiana Kashirina
November 5 –
?: 2012 World University Weightlifting Championships in
Eilat
[
5
]
Russia
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
December 14 –
?: 2012 IWF Grand Prix #2 in
Baku
[
6
]
Men's 62 kg:
Valentin Hristov
Men's 69 kg:
Firidun Guliyev
Women's 53 kg:
Cristina Iovu
Women's 58 kg:
Tatiana Aleeva
Continental & regional weightlifting championships
March 20 –
?: 2012 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Medellín
[
7
]
Colombia
won the gold medal tally. Colombia and
Venezuela
won 11 overall medals each.
March 29 –
?: 2012 African Weightlifting Championships in
Nairobi
[
8
]
Nigeria
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
April 9 –
?: 2012 European Weightlifting Championships in
Antalya
[
9
]
Russia
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
April 22 –
?: 2012 Asian Weightlifting Championships in
Pyeongtaek
[
10
]
China
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
May 10 –
?: 2012 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in
Antigua Guatemala
[
11
]
Colombia
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
June 4 –
?: 2012 Oceania Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in
Apia
[
12
]
[
13
]
[
14
]
Senior:
Samoa
won the gold medal tally.
Australia
won the overall medal tally.
Junior:
Samoa
and
New Zealand
won 3 gold medals each. Samoa won the overall medals tally.
Youth:
New Zealand
won the gold medal tally.
Australia
won the overall medal tally.
June 4 –
?: 2012 Commonwealth Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in
Apia
[
15
]
[
16
]
[
17
]
Senior:
India
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Junior:
India
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Youth:
India
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
June 18 –
?: 2012 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in
Viña del Mar
[
18
]
Mexico
won the gold medal tally.
Colombia
won the overall medal tally.
August 25 –
?: 2012 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in
Constanța
[
19
]
Armenia
won the gold medal tally.
Russia
won the overall medal tally.
October 24 –
?: 2012 South American Senior & Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Maracaibo
[
20
]
[
21
]
Senior:
Venezuela
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Junior:
Venezuela
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
November 8 –
?: 2012 Asian Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in
Yangon
[
22
]
[
23
]
Junior:
China
and
North Korea
won 5 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.
Youth:
China
won the gold medal tally.
Chinese Taipei
won the overall medal tally.
November 18 –
?: 2012 African Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships in
Tunis
[
24
]
[
25
]
Junior:
Egypt
won the gold medal tally.
Tunisia
won the overall medal tally.
Youth:
Tunisia
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
November 29 –
?: 2012 European Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Eilat
[
26
]
Russia
and
Romania
won 4 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
References
↑
"IWF's 2012 Summer Olympics Results Page"
. Archived from
the original
on April 20, 2021
. Retrieved
January 6,
2019
.
↑
IWF's 2012 World Junior Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
"IWF's 2012 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Page"
. Archived from
the original
on January 8, 2019
. Retrieved
January 8,
2019
.
↑
IWF's 2012 Grand Prix #1 Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 World University Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Grand Prix #2 Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
"IWF's 2012 African Weightlifting Championships Results Page"
. Archived from
the original
on January 6, 2019
. Retrieved
January 6,
2019
.
↑
"IWF's 2012 European Weightlifting Championships Results Page"
. Archived from
the original
on January 10, 2019
. Retrieved
January 6,
2019
.
↑
IWF's 2012 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Oceania Senior Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Oceania Junior Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Oceania Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Commonwealth Senior Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Commonwealth Junior Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Commonwealth Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
"IWF's 2012 European Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Page"
. Archived from
the original
on January 8, 2019
. Retrieved
January 8,
2019
.
↑
IWF's 2012 South American Senior Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 South American Junior Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 African Junior Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 African Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Page
↑
IWF's 2012 European Junior Weightlifting Championships Results Page
External links
International Weightlifting Federation Website
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