LIMASSOL, 16 November 2011 - The 2011 World Masters
Weightlifting Championships featured a total of 365
lifters (295 men and 70 women) from 35 countries,
according to data kindly provided by Gerhard Peya,
Chairman of the Austrian Masters
Committee.
According to the same data, in the men's competition
Russia formed the largest team, with 44 lifters,
closely followed by Germany, with 43. Japan had the
third-largest contingent with 32 lifters. Australia
and Germany had the largest women's teams, with 11
lifters each, followed by Great Britain in third
place, with 8.
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LIMASSOL,
5 November 2011 - The complete Results Book of the
2011 World Masters Weightlifting Championships has
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LIMASSOL,
5 November 2011 - Egor Kulikov of Russia, who won the
gold medal in the 62kg category of the M70 age group,
has been named Men's Grand Master of the 2011
World Masters Weightlifting Championships.
BEST LIFTERS (pdf)
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Men's Teams Results - Top 5 |
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Rk |
Country |
Pts |
1 |
2 |
3 |
S-M-M |
. |
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1. |
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Ukraine |
216 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
2860,1776 |
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2. |
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Russia |
214 |
6 |
- |
2 |
3026,1029 |
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3. |
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Venezuela |
213 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2814,7492 |
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4. |
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Germany |
207 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2762,6346 |
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5. |
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Japan |
197 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
2974,6203 |
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LIMASSOL, 5 November
2011 - The Ukraine came out on top of the rankings of
the official
men's Team Results at the 2011 World Masters
Weightlifting Championships, which concluded here
Saturday afternoon. Russia
was second, Venezuela third, Germany
fourth and Japan fifth amongst 15 countries fielding complete
teams. Click below for the complete list
COMPLETE TEAMS RESULTS (pdf)
LIMASSOL, 5 November 2011 - The 2011 World Masters
Weightlifting Championships concluded here Saturday
afternoon with yet another World Record, by Russia's
Vladimir Suschak in the Snatch of the +105kg
category. The 39-year-old had a successful lift of
173kg to set the new record. This brings the total
of World Records broken at these World Championships
to 61.
Russia, meanhwile, topped the medals table, with 22
gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals, for a
grand total of 37. This bettered Germany's record of
14 gold, although the Germans amassed the greatest
number of medals in total, with 42. The Ukraine was
third in the list, which includes 33 countries (of
the total of 42 that took part in the
Championships).
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LIST OF RECORDS (pdf)
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Nayden Rusev (CYP)
in action at the 2011 World Masters Weightlifting
Championships in Limassol.
(Click on photo for
higher resolution). |
LIMASSOL, 5 November 2011 - Thirty-seven-year-old
Nayden Rusev, lifting for Cyprus, earned a gold
medal (the second for the host country in this
competition) and set a new World Record, as the 2011
World Masters Weightlifting Championships entered
their final day, here Saturday. Rusev had a
successful Snatch of 93kg in his third attempt in
the 56kg category of his age group to break the
World Record.
The World Championships conclude here Saturday
afternoon.
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LIMASSOL, 4 November 2011 - Italy's Andrea Rovatti,
43, set
five new World Records, Friday evening here, at the
last session of the penultimate day of the 2011
World Masters Weightlifting Championships, with an
exceptional performance in the +105kg category of
his age group. Vasyl Martinyuk of the Ukraine also
added three more World Records in the 105kg
category, bringing the total at these Championships
to 59.
The World Championships conclude here Saturday morning.
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LIMASSOL, 4 November 2011 - Gennadii Iurkevych of
the Ukraine broke three world records and Josue
Farfan of Venezuela added another two, as the 2011
World Masters Weightlifting Championships near their
close in this city on the southern coast of Cyprus.
The 41-year-old Ukranian set his records in the
Snatch, Jerk and Total of the 77kg category in his
age group, with lifts of 130kg, 158kg and 288kg
respectively. Farfan, 43, set his records in the
56kg category, with consecutive Snatches of 99kg and
102kg.
The World Championships conclude here Saturday morning.
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LIMASSOL, 3 November 2011 - Forty-five-year-old
Mykhailo Kukharskyi of the Ukraine was the latest
addition to the list of World Records broken at the
2011 World Masters Weightlifting Championships,
here, Thursday. Kukharskyi
set the record in the Snatch of the 62kg category of
his age group with a lift of 96kg.
The World Championships continue here
Friday and conclude Saturday morning.
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LIMASSOL, 2 November
2011 - One more World Record was broken, Wednesday,
as the 2011 World Masters Weightlifting
Championships continued here for the fifth day.
Russia's Mars Minigaleev, 55, had a successful third
lift of 107kg in the Snatch of the men's 85kg
category in his age group, to set the new record.
Russia also continues to dominate the medals table,
having reached 16 gold, but followed closely by
Germany, which has 13.
The World Championships continue here Thursday and
Friday, to conclude Saturday morning.
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LIMASSOL, 1 November
2011 - Russians added two more gold medals to their
collection, Monday, to retain the lead in the medals
table of the 2011 World Masters Weightlifting
Championships. Germany remains in hot pursuit, just
one gold behind.
The World Championships continue throughout the week
and conclude on Saturday 5 November.
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LIMASSOL, 1 November
2011 - Esmeralda Perdomo of Venezuela, who won the
gold medal in the 53kg category of the W40 age group,
has been named Women's Grand Master of the 2011
World Masters Weightlifting Championships.
BEST LIFTERS (pdf)
LIMASSOL, 31 October
2011 - Russia overtook Germany in the medals table,
as the men's events of the 2011 World Masters
Weightlifting Championships got into full swing,
here, Monday. Russian lifters have amassed eleven
gold, three silver and one bronze medals after three
days of competition in this city of the southern
coast of Cyprus. A total of 26 countries have earned
medals so far.
Meanwhile, Russia's 71-year-old Garri Geyman added
two more World Records in the 56kg category of his
age group, bringing the total in these championships
thus far to 38.
The Championships continues with men's events throughout the week, concluding on Saturday 5 November.
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LIST OF RECORDS (pdf)
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Women's Teams Results |
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Rk |
Country |
Pts |
1 |
2 |
3 |
S-M-M |
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1. |
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Australia |
193 |
6 |
1 |
- |
1223.9442 |
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2. |
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Germany |
190 |
5 |
2 |
- |
1301.2093 |
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3. |
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Great Britain |
190 |
5 |
2 |
- |
1157.7473 |
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4. |
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U.S.A. |
160 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1009.0317 |
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LIMASSOL, 31 October
2011 - Australia topped the rankings of official
women's Team Results at the 2011 World Masters
Weightlifting Championships. The women's events
concluded here Sunday, but the competition continues
throughout the week with men's categories. Germany
was second, Great Britain third and the U.S.A.
fourth amongst the countries fielding complete
teams.
COMPLETE TEAMS RESULTS (pdf)
LIMASSOL,
30 October
2011 - The host country of Cyprus won a silver
medal, Sunday, as the 2011 World Masters
Weightlifting Championships continued here. Denise Loizou-Offermann (click on photo, right, for higher
resolution) lifted a total of 121kg to finish second
in the 75kg category of her age group, behind
Italy's Susana Perrone.
Several more World Records
fell in the women's events of Sunday, including
seven by Australia's Mary Macken and five by
Hungary's Maria Takacs.
At the end of day two, Germany leads the medals
table with nine gold, five silver and two bronze,
followed by Russia with six gold and one silver.
Competition continues with men's events throughout the week in this city on the south coast
of Cyprus, concluding on Saturday 5 November.
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LIMASSOL, 29 October
2011 - Thirteen more World Records were set here,
Saturday, as the opening day of the 2011 World
Masters Weightlifting Championships came to a close
with women's categories. Mercedes Dickerson, 55, of
the USA set seven of those in the +75kg category of
her age group. Janis Kerr and Gwendolyn Leik, both
of Great Britain, Marga Jorgensen of Denmark and
Magda Roilidou of Greece also contributed to the
World Records list.
The USA leads the medals table at the conclusion of
Day 1 in this city on the south coast of Cyprus,
with four gold and one silver; Germany follows with
as many gold and two bronze medals (see table,
right).
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LIMASSOL, 29 October 2011 - Russia's 75-year-old Lev Nikiforov (photo,
left) set the pace
at the 2011 World Masters Weightlifting
Championships, here, setting World Records in the
snatch, the jerk and the total of the +105kg
category.
The competition opened Saturday in this coastal city
of Cyprus with some 450 veteran lifters representing
49 countries from throughout the world. The event
continues daily throughout next week and concludes
on Saturday 5 November.
Previously on the opening day, failed World Record
attempts had been made by Israel's Teddy Kaplan and
Canada's Marcel Perron.
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LIMASSOL, 29 October 2011 -
Germany's Kurt Rosenberger, at 83 the oldest
competitor at the 2011 World Masters Weightlifting
Championships, completed a successful appearance on
the opening day of the event, here today. The German
lifter had six successful lifts, for a total of
91kg. in the 105kg category of his age group.
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