Weightlifting at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

Weightlifting
at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
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The weightlifting competitions at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy took place between 26 June and 30 June at the Pala Rigopiano.

Athletes competed in 22 events across 11 weight categories (7 for men and 4 for women). Three Women's (48 kg, 75 kg and +75 kg) and the Men's +105 kg category will not be held because too few nations applied.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg
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Snatch  Khalil El Maoui (TUN)  Sedat Artuç (TUR)  Gökhan Kılıç (TUR)
Clean & Jerk  Khalil El Maoui (TUN)  Vito Dellino (ITA)  Mustafa Ramo (SYR)
62 kg
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Snatch  Erol Bilgin (TUR)  Dimitris Minasidis (CYP)  Iván García (ESP)
Clean & Jerk  Erol Bilgin (TUR)  Dimitris Minasidis (CYP)  Massimiliano Rubino (ITA)
69 kg
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Snatch  Vencelas Dabaya (FRA)  Briken Calja (ALB)  Mohamed Abdelbaki (EGY)
Clean & Jerk  Vencelas Dabaya (FRA)  Mohamed Abdelbaki (EGY)  Manuel Martín (ESP)
77 kg
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Snatch  Erkand Qerimaj (ALB)  Tarek Yehia Abdelazim (EGY)  Semih Yağcı (TUR)
Clean & Jerk  Ibrahim Abdelbaki (EGY)  Erkand Qerimaj (ALB)  Tarek Yehia Abdelazim (EGY)
85 kg
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Snatch  İzzet İnce (TUR)  Ervis Tabaku (ALB)  Mohamed Eshtiwi (LBA)
Clean & Jerk  Benjamin Hennequin (FRA)  Elsayed Hasona (EGY)  Mohamed Eshtiwi (LBA)
94 kg
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Snatch  Gaber Mohamed (EGY)  David Matam (FRA)  Ahmed Sellou (EGY)
Clean & Jerk  David Matam (FRA)  Gaber Mohamed (EGY)  José Juan Navarro (ESP)
105 kg
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Snatch  Ahed Joughili (SYR)  Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR)  Grigor Satsian (GRE)
Clean & Jerk  Ahed Joughili (SYR)  Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR)  Ahmed Mohamed (EGY)

Women's events

Agnès Chiquet winning the bronze medal in the 58 kg event
Event Gold Silver Bronze
53 kg
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Snatch  Soumaya Fatnassi (TUN)  Donia Abdelrahman (EGY)  Virginie Andrieux (FRA)
Clean & Jerk  Soumaya Fatnassi (TUN)  Emine Bilgin (TUR)  Virginie Andrieux (FRA)
58 kg
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Snatch  Romela Begaj (ALB)  Aylin Daşdelen (TUR)  Ahlem Elarbi (TUN)
Clean & Jerk  Aylin Daşdelen (TUR)  Romela Begaj (ALB)  Agnes Chiquet (FRA)
63 kg
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Snatch  Esmat Ahmed (EGY)  Sibel Şimşek (TUR)  Muslime Meral-Sunar (FRA)
Clean & Jerk  Esmat Ahmed (EGY)  Sibel Şimşek (TUR)  Muslime Meral-Sunar (FRA)
69 kg
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Snatch  Abeer Abdelrahman (EGY)  Hanene Ourfelli (TUN)  Fatma Abdelsayed (EGY)
Clean & Jerk  Abeer Abdelrahman (EGY)  Hanene Ourfelli (TUN)  Fatma Abdelsayed (EGY)

Doping cases

Nikolaos Kourtidis who won 2 gold medal in the men's 94 kg, and Konstantina Lapou who took silver in the women's 58-kg, tested positive after the competition.[1]

For Nurcan Taylan who won 2 gold medals in the women's 53 kg the IWF invalidated all results between middle of 2008 to 2016.[2]

Medal table

Key:

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt65617
2 Turkey47213
3 Tunisia4217
4 France41510
5 Albania2406
6 Syria2013
7 Cyprus0202
8 Italy*0112
9 Spain0033
10 Libya0022
11 Greece0011
Totals (11 entries)22222266

References

  1. ^ "Greek weightlifters caught doping". www.eurosport.com. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Athletes / Bios".