Patrick Carpentier is a retired Canadian professional auto racing driver. In the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series, he achieved five wins and 24 podiums, as well as two third place championship finishes in 2002 and 2004. The long-time Champ Car driver switched to the IndyCar Series in 2005, and moved on to Grand Am Road Racing in 2007. After a few NASCAR races in 2007, he moved full-time into the series in 2008. Since 2009, he has only had part-time drives, so became a contractor and renovator in Montreal, trading in real estate in Las Vegas, as well as being a color commentator for television coverage of various racing series. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 32 Ford Fusion for Go FAS Racing. Carpentier is now the president of a home construction firm in Quebec.
The (All) Asia Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). Originally it was the top tag team title in the JWA, but its status became secondary once the NWA International Tag Team Championship was brought from the United States. It is currently one of two tag team titles in AJPW, along with the World Tag Team Championship. It is also the current oldest active title in Japan.
Nicholas Aldis is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is a producer and the on-screen general manager of the SmackDown brand. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Magnus from 2008 to 2015, and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) from 2017 to 2022.
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 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.
Candice Dawson is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Candice LeRae. She is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion and was a member of The Way.
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.
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.
Steffanie Newell is a Welsh professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Tegan Nox. Newell previously wrestled on the British independent circuit under the ring name Nixon Newell, most notably for promotions such as Attack! Pro Wrestling, Progress Wrestling, WhatCulture Pro Wrestling, and Fight Club: Pro.
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.
Diana Mstieva is a Russian weightlifter and European Champion competing in the 90 kg category until 2018 and 87 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.
Gintarė Bražaitė is a Lithuanian Olympian weightlifter and coach. She multiple times broke Lithuanian women's national record.
Nadezhda-Mey Nguen is a Bulgarian weightlifter, most recently competing in the 45 kg division at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships.
Iwan Dimov is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.
Mirco Scarantino (ITA)
Oleg Musokhranov (RUS)
Marzpet Minasyan (ARM)
Emrah Aydin (TUR)
Ilya Zharnouski (BLR)
Stilyan Grozdev (BUL)
Allahyar Abishov (AZE)
Ritvars Suharevs (LAT)
Goga Chkheidze (GEO)
Doru Ilie Stoian (ROU)
Vautard Brandon (FRA)
Ihor Konotop (UKR)
Junior De Jesus Santana (ESP)
Tamas Kajdoci (SRB)
Marlena Polakowska (POL)
Rebekah Tiler (GBR)
Tabea Tabel (GER)
