European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships

European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships
Status	Active
Genre	Sports Event
Date	Usually April
Frequency	Annual
Location	Various
Inaugurated	1973
Organised by	EWF

European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships (European U23 and U20 Weightlifting Championships) is an annual event organised by the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) for Under 23 and under 20 Weightlifters in Europe. European Championships in junior category were held from 1973 under the name European Junior Weightlifting Championships (U20). In 2009 the competitions were held in two cities, European Junior Weightlifting Championships in Landskrona and the new European U23 Weightlifting Championships in Wladyslawowo. After that year, the competition took the current name.

European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) also have European U17 and U15 Weightlifting Championships (European Youth & U15 Weightlifting Championships) since 1992. last edition was competed in 2022 European Youth & U15 Weightlifting Championships.

Editions

Results:

MJ	WJ	M23	W23	Year	Host city	Host country	Events	Results
European Junior Weightlifting Championships
1	-	-	-	1973			27
2	-	-	-	1974			27
3	-	-	-	1975	Marseille	France	27
4	-	-	-	1976	Gdańsk	Poland	27
5	-	-	-	1977	Sofia	Bulgaria	30
6	-	-	-	1978	Athens	Greece	30
7	-	-	-	1979	Debrecen	Hungary	30
8	-	-	-	1980			30
9	-	-	-	1981			30
10	-	-	-	1982			30
11	-	-	-	1983			30
12	-	-	-	1984	Lignano	Italy	30
13	-	-	-	1985	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	30
14	-	-	-	1986	Donaueschingen	Germany	30
15	-	-	-	1987	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	30
16	-	-	-	1988	Athens	Greece	30
17	-	-	-	1989	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	30
18	-	-	-	1990	Valletta	Malta	30
19	-	-	-	1991	Varna	Bulgaria	30
20	-	-	-	1992	Cardiff	United Kingdom	30
21	-	-	-	1993	Valencia	Spain	30
22	-	-	-	1994	Rome	Italy	30
23	-	-	-	1995	Beersheba	Israel	30
24	-	-	-	1996	Prague	Czech Republic	30
25	-	-	-	1997	Seville	Spain	30
26	1	-	-	1998	Sofia	Bulgaria	45
27	2	-	-	1999	Spała	Poland	45
28	3	-	-	2000	Rijeka	Croatia	45
29	4	-	-	2001	Kalmar	Sweden	45
30	5	-	-	2002	Nuoro	Italy	45
31	6	-	-	2003	Valencia	Spain	45
32	7	-	-	2004	Burgas	Bulgaria	45
33	8	-	-	2005	Trenčín	Slovakia	45
34	9	-	-	2006	Palermo	Italy	45
35	10	-	-	2007	Puerto de la Cruz	Spain	45
36	11	-	-	2008	Durrës	Albania	45
European Junior Weightlifting Championships / European U23 Weightlifting Championships
37	12	-	-	2009	Landskrona	Sweden	45
-	-	1	1	2009	Władysławowo	Poland	45
European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships
38	13	2	2	2010	Limassol	Cyprus	90
39	14	3	3	2011	Bucharest	Romania	90
40	15	4	4	2012	Eilat	Israel	90
41	16	5	5	2013	Tallinn	Estonia	90
42	17	6	6	2014	Limassol	Cyprus	90
43	18	7	7	2015	Klaipėda	Lithuania	90
44	19	8	8	2016	Eilat	Israel	90
45	20	9	9	2017	Durrës	Albania	96
46	21	10	10	2018	Zamość	Poland	96
47	22	11	11	2019	Bucharest	Romania	120
48	23	12	12	2021	Rovaniemi	Finland	120
49	24	13	13	2022	Durrës	Albania	120
50	25	14	14	2023	Bucharest	Romania	120
51	26	15	15	2024	Raszyn	Poland	120
52	27	16	16	2025	Durrës	Albania	96

Medals (2015–2025)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Armenia	62	35	28	125
2	Turkey	41	48	38	127
3	Russia	38	46	31	115
4	Ukraine	37	44	42	123
5	Georgia	30	35	24	89
6	Italy	29	12	15	56
7	Romania	25	24	20	69
8	Belarus	13	15	13	41
9	Moldova	10	5	9	24
10	Poland	8	15	30	53
11	Bulgaria	8	9	10	27
12	Latvia	8	6	2	16
13	Spain	6	13	10	29
14	Germany	6	8	18	32
15	Azerbaijan	6	5	7	18
16	Great Britain	4	5	9	18
17	Individual Neutral Athletes	3	6	3	12
18	Netherlands	3	1	0	4
19	Austria	2	5	2	9
20	Slovakia	2	2	5	9
21	Belgium	2	1	2	5
22	Hungary	2	1	1	4
	Lithuania	2	1	1	4
24	Iceland	2	0	3	5
25	Serbia	1	3	3	7
26	Finland	1	3	1	5
27	Albania	1	2	4	7
28	Greece	1	1	3	5
29	Norway	1	1	2	4
30	Israel	1	0	2	3
31	Malta	1	0	1	2
32	France	0	3	6	9
33	Sweden	0	1	4	5
34	Czech Republic	0	1	3	4
35	Denmark	0	1	2	3
Totals (35 entries)		356	358	354	1,068

Big and Small

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Armenia	177	114	90	381
2	Turkey	125	248	107	480
3	Ukraine	121	114	124	359
4	Russia	109	128	91	328
5	Italy	87	37	45	169
6	Georgia	86	101	74	261
7	Romania	72	69	68	209
8	Belarus	37	48	35	120
9	Moldova	29	16	31	76
10	Poland	24	56	89	169
11	Spain	22	33	35	90
12	Bulgaria	22	29	32	83
13	Latvia	22	15	9	46
14	Azerbaijan	19	19	17	55
15	Germany	17	26	46	89
16	Great Britain	12	17	23	52
17	Individual Neutral Athletes	9	14	12	35
18	Netherlands	9	2	1	12
19	Austria	8	14	7	29
20	Hungary	7	6	6	19
21	Slovakia	6	9	15	30
22	Belgium	6	3	6	15
23	Iceland	6	1	8	15
24	Albania	5	4	8	17
25	Serbia	4	7	15	26
26	Finland	4	7	5	16
27	Lithuania	4	4	6	14
28	Israel	4	1	5	10
29	France	3	11	13	27
30	Greece	3	5	9	17
31	Norway	3	3	4	10
32	Malta	3	1	1	5
33	Czech Republic	1	2	7	10
34	Sweden	0	2	13	15
35	Denmark	0	2	5	7
36	Ireland	0	0	1	1
Totals (36 entries)		1,066	1,168	1,063	3,297

External links

• EWF Junior Championships Results Archived 8 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine
• EWF U23 Championships Results Archived 7 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• "HALTEROPEDIA - Championnats d'Europe - Europe Junior". Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
• "HALTEROPEDIA - Championnats d'Europe - Europe U23". Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
• "HALTEROPEDIA - Championnats d'Europe - Europe Junior". Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
• "HALTEROPEDIA - Championnats d'Europe - Europe U23". Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
• "IWRP-database". iwrp.net. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
• Weightlifting - European Junior Championships - 2022
• Weightlifting - European U-23 Championships - 2022
• "European Championships Results - European Weightlifting Federation". ewf.sport. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
• "EWFED Result Database". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
• "EWFED Result Database". Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
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