European Championships 2021 – M89

Results and information for the Men’s 89 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

This was one of those groups where the eventual medalists seemed clear early on but who would get each medal was far from certain. Andranik Karapetyan (Armenia) and his younger teammate Karen Avagyan were virtually inseparable from Revaz Davitadze (Georgia) through most of the snatches. However, the younger Armenian hit 175 on his third while the other two missed, leaving him with the snatch gold.

A fun subplot was the battle at the bottom of the group between Antonis Martasidis (Cyprus) and Theodoros Iakovidis (Greece). Martasidis used to lift for Greece and clearly felt like he has a point to prove. He took an eight kilo jump from his 190 opener on clean and jerk to try to overtake the Greek lifter but deadlifted it twice, perhaps not making the point he hoped to.

With a substantial lead over the rest of the field, the total medalists were clear early in the clean and jerks but there was one twist. Roman Chepik (Russia) managed a 198 clean and jerk despite rolling his ankle on his first attempt. When Karapetyan missed 200 and 205 seeking the total gold, Chepik snuck onto the clean and jerk podium.

Karapetyan’s misses left just the Georgian to challenge Avagyan for the overall gold. Avagyan attempted 204 to add to his lead but couldn’t manage it. That meant a third attempt at 205 would be enough for Davitadze. He managed the clean but couldn’t jerk it. He did take the clean and jerk gold with 203 though.

So, the younger Armenia left with two golds, as well as new European U23 records in snatch and total.

Name	Nation	Entry	Snatch 1	Snatch 2	Snatch 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	best snatch	best c&J	total
AVAGYAN Karen	ARM	375	165	170	175	200	x204	x204	175	200	375
DAVITADZE Revaz	GEO	375	166	171	x176	198	203	x205	171	203	374
KARAPETYAN Andranik	ARM	375	165	170	x175	195	x200	x205	170	195	365
CHEPIK Roman	RUS	370	157	161	164	x194	194	198	164	198	362
KOZHAKIN Ruslan	UKR	362	156	160	162	190	x197	197	162	197	359
HARANIN Siarhei	BLR	365	x155	155	x160	192	194	196	155	196	351
SHORAJ Krenar	ALB	360	x150	150	156	190	192	–	156	192	348
IAKOVIDIS Theodoros	GRE	360	x153	153	156	x187	187	191	156	191	347
MARTASIDIS Antonis	CYP	360	150	x153	x153	190	x198	x198	150	190	340

Start list for A Session

Lot	Name	Born	Nation	Cat.	Age	Entry
15	MARTASIDIS Antonis	14.06.1992	CYP	89	SE	360
75	HARANIN Siarhei	02.05.1995	BLR	89	SE	365
97	KARAPETYAN Andranik	15.12.1995	ARM	89	SE	375
111	AVAGYAN Karen	12.05.1999	ARM	89	SE	375
124	KOZHAKIN Ruslan	13.01.1995	UKR	89	SE	362
150	DAVITADZE Revaz	16.10.1998	GEO	89	SE	375
248	IAKOVIDIS Theodoros	12.02.1991	GRE	89	SE	360
251	SHORAJ Krenar	15.01.1992	ALB	89	SE	360
267	CHEPIK Roman	18.09.1995	RUS	89	SE	370

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