European Championships 2021 – M67

Results and information for the Men’s 67 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

The snatch part of this session was notable for the sheer number of lifts made. The ten competitors only missed three snatches between them.

Muhammed Ozbek (Turkey) staked an early claim on the snatch gold with 145, hoping that others would fail. He was soon superseded by Zulfat Garaev (Russia) with 147. However it was Mirko Zanni (Italy), knowing that he does not have the strongest clean and jerk in the group, who pushed himself to take snatch gold with 148.

Acoran Mendoza (Spain) made a fantastic save on his final snatch, prompting a passionate celebration, proving that even outside of the medal positions, every athlete pushes themself at this kind of competition.

The made to missed ratio returned to a more normal level in the clean and jerks, with many of the lifters failing on third attempts trying to challenge for the medals. As expected, Zanni could not match his snatch performance. He did enough with a 170 jerk to hold off Valentin Genchev (Bulgaria) in the total. However, he left the opportunity for Ozbek to claim clean and jerk and total golds, which he happily did with 178.

Name	Nation	Entry	Snatch 1	Snatch 2	Snatch 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	best snatch	best c&J	total
OZBEK Muhammed	TUR	321	139	142	145	170	174	178	145	178	323
ZANNI Mirko	ITA	330	142	146	148	x170	170	x174	148	170	318
GENCHEV Valentin	BUL	310	132	136	138	168	173	177	138	177	315
GARAEV Zulfat	RUS	320	140	144	147	167	x172	x172	147	167	314
CHKHEIDZE Goga	GEO	310	134	138	140	165	170	x175	140	170	310
KINGUE MATAM Bernardin	FRA	315	133	136	138	x170	170	x174	138	170	308
ANGELOV Petar	BUL	304	130	135	138	157	162	x169	138	162	300
MENDOZA Acoran	ESP	304	130	134	139	155	160	x164	139	160	299
GENC Yusuf	TUR	306	125	130	x132	x166	167	x173	130	167	297
IVANOU Dzmitry	BLR	305	130	x135	x135	155	x160	x160	130	155	285

Start list for A Session

Lot	Name	Born	Nation	Cat.	Age	Entry
32	GENCHEV Valentin	03.04.2000	BUL	67	SE	310
74	GARAEV Zulfat	12.01.2000	RUS	67	SE	320
78	ZANNI Mirko	16.10.1997	ITA	67	SE	330
93	MATAM Kingue	20.05.1990	FRA	67	SE	315
106	MENDOZA Acoran	30.12.1990	ESP	67	SE	304
114	DZMITRY Ivanou	04.11.2000	BLR	67	SE	305
173	GENC Yusuf	23.05.2002	TUR	67	SE	306
189	ANGELOV Petar	15.12.1997	BUL	67	SE	304
203	CHKHEIDZE Goga	11.02.1996	GEO	67	SE	310
237	OZBEK Muhammed	24.01.2001	TUR	67	SE	321

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