Weightlifting federation of Georgia organized European weightlifting championships 2019 in Batumi.

325 athletes from 41 countries started to compete in Batumi at the European Championship this weekend. It is the only Gold Level qualification event organized in the first qualification period in Europe.

Here is the list of athletes that won the first 10 places respectively with Bozhidar Andreev from Bulgaria the winner.

Bozhidar Andreev (Bulgaria) came out on top in the end, hitting an amazing European clean and jerk record to claim gold.

Briken Calja (Albania) won gold on snatch with 156 but missed a crucial 188 clean and jerk after using changes to try to push Andreev up. Calja also had a try at setting a European snatch record with 160 but couldn’t make it stick.

The European U23 snatch record was broken twice by Bozhidar Andreev – first with 148 and then 153. The U23 clean and jerk record changed hands twice, first being set by Muhammed Furkan Ozbek (Turkey) at 180 before Andreev claimed it with 181, 187 and the 192 that gave him the senior record too.