János Baranyai is a Hungarian weightlifter and a former judo wrestler from Oroszlány, Hungary.
European Weightlifting Championships is an annual event organised by the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF). It has been held since 1896. A separate event for women was held from 1988 to 1997, after which both championships have been held as one event.
Weightlifting was introduced to Armenia in the late 1920s and became widely practiced after World War II. Today, it is one of the country's most popular sports. The sport is regulated by the Armenian Weightlifting Federation. The first weightlifters from Soviet Armenia made successful appearances on the international stage in the 1970s. Vardan Militosyan won a silver at the 1976 Olympics, and later Yurik Vardanyan became an Olympic, World and European champion through the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Oksen Mirzoyan and Yurik Sarkisyan rose to top positions in the 1980s. After its independence from the Soviet Union, Armenia successfully held its weightlifting traditions and continues to be one of the strongest nations in Europe. In 2008, the Armenia team placed first at the European Championship. In the 2008 Summer Olympics Armenia won three bronze medals. Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan is Armenia's only world champion with his successful appearance in 2010.
The European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) was founded in 1969, and is the body governing and organizing the European Weightlifting Championships. The EWF is a "recognized continental body" under the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
Zoltán Farkas is a Hungarian weightlifter. He holds the 69 kg Hungarian record. He competed in two Olympic Games. In Atlanta he finished in the 8th place in 59 kg category, four years later in Sydney he placed 10th in 62 kg category.
The 2016 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Førde, Norway from 10 April to 16 April 2016.
Elena Ramona Andrieș is a Romanian weightlifter, and two time European Champion competing in the 48 kg category until 2018 and 49 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. representing Romania at international competitions.
European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships is an annual event organised by the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) for Under 23 and under 20 Weightlifters in Europe. European Championships in junior category were held from 1973 under the name European Junior Weightlifting Championships (U20). In 2009 the competitions were held in two cities, European Junior Weightlifting Championships in Landskrona and the new European U23 Weightlifting Championships in Wladyslawowo. After that year, the competition took the current name.
The 2015 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships were held in Klaipėda, Lithuania from 3 October to 10 October 2015.
The 2016 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships were held in Eilat, Israel from 2 December to 10 December 2016.
Ritvars Suharevs is a Latvian weightlifter, and Junior World Champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.
Angel Hriskov Rusev is a Bulgarian weightlifter.
The 2018 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships took place in OSiR Zamość, Zamość, Poland from 20 October to 27 October 2018.
Gintarė Bražaitė is a Lithuanian Olympian weightlifter and coach. She multiple times broke Lithuanian women's national record.
Valentin Genchev is a Bulgarian weightlifter.
Nadezhda-Mey Nguen is a Bulgarian weightlifter, most recently competing in the 45 kg division at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships.
The 2022 European Weightlifting Championships was held in Tirana, Albania, from 28 May to 5 June 2022. The event was initially scheduled to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, but this changed after a leadership dispute.
Eduard Sadykov (RUS)
Todor Chenkov (BUL)
Dominik Kozłowski (POL)
Mirco Scarantino (ITA)
Smbat Margaryan (ARM)
Florin Croitoru (ROU)
Gergely Soóky (HUN)
Ion Ţerna (MDA)
Shota Mishvelidze (GEO)
Elkhan Aligulizada (AZE)
Petr Asayonak (BLR)
Oleksandr Pielieshenko (UKR)
Philip Kudzik (GER)
Clarence Kennedy (IRL)
Efstathios Stroumpis (GRE)
Rebeka Koha (LAT)
Gülcihan Kansızoğlu (TUR)
Atenery Hernández (ESP)
