European Championships 2021 – M61

Results and information for the Men’s 61 kg category at the European Weightlifting Championships 2021 (postponed from 2020)

See our European Weightlifting Championships 2021 hub for details of other categories. 

How the A Session Happened

Things did not start well, with something of a bloodbath on snatches. Most of the athletes missed a couple of lifts, meaning that they ended up well below where they will have been hoping to be.

Only Silyan Grozdev (Bulgaria) managed consistency and it paid off for him, with a snatch gold and a one kilo lead going into the clean and jerks.

The two young Italian lifters in the session added some good entertainment. First Sergio Massidda jerked 155 to exceed the European junior standard and claim the clean and jerk record. However, he did not hold it for long – his teammate Davide Ruiu hit 158 after missing it once to claim the record for himself.

Although he missed his first clean and jerk, Grozdev did enough to win the total medal, including one jerk where he had to move his back foot multiple times before finding his balance.

Grozdev was denied the clean sweep of golds though. Jon Mau (Germany), who had underperformed badly on snatches, put up three impressive power jerks at 155, 160 and 162 to take the clean and jerk gold. If he can improve his snatch, he will be one to watch as it looks like he has a lot more in the tank on clean and jerk.

	Name	Nation	Entry	Snatch 1	Snatch 2	Snatch 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 2	best snatch	best c&J	total
1	GROZDEV Stilyan	BUL	293	130	134	136	x156	157	160	136	160	296
2	MISHVELIDZE Shota	GEO	290	x129	131	135	155	x159	x162	135	155	290
3	HARDAL Ferdi	TUR	297	130	x135	x135	157	x161	x161	130	157	287
4	LAPTSEU Henadz	BLR	290	128	x132	132	148	154	x159	132	154	286
5	RUIU Davide	ITA	287	x125	125	x130	150	x158	158	125	158	283
6	MAU Jon	GER	285	120	x124	x124	155	160	162	120	162	282
7	MASSIDDA Sergio	ITA	285	125	x130	x130	145	155	x160	125	155	280
8	SHAMILISHVILI Ramini	GEO	285	124	x128	x128	147	155	x159	124	155	279
9	TOPTAS Caner	TUR	286	x124	124	x128	142	145	150	124	150	274

Start list for A Session

Lot	Name	Born	Nation	Cat.	Age	Entry
18	SHAMILISHVILI Ramini	11.05.1994	GEO	61	SE	285
122	GROZDEV Stilyan	27.07.1999	BUL	61	SE	293
166	RUIU Davide	22.06.2001	ITA	61	SE	287
195	HARDAL Ferdi	31.12.1996	TUR	61	SE	297
216	MAU Jon	02.10.1998	GER	61	SE	285
247	MASSIDDA Sergio	26.01.2002	ITA	61	SE	285
281	TOPTAS Caner	14.08.2001	TUR	61	SE	286
294	LAPTSEU Henadz	15.12.1998	BLR	61	SE	290
309	MISHVELIDZE Shota	18.10.1994	GEO	61	SE	290

For other sessions for this category, see the full start book.