2025 European Weightlifting Championships

2025 European Weightlifting Championships
Venue	Chișinău Arena
Location	Chișinău, Moldova
Dates	13-21 April
Competitors	300 Athletes from 40 nations
Website	https://haltere.md/en/

The 2025 European Weightlifting Championships was held in Chișinău, Moldova, from 13 to 21 April 2025.

Host Selection Controversy

The European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) picked Moldova to host the 2025 European Senior Weightlifting Championships during its Congress in February 2024. But this choice has stirred up some controversy due to questions about conflicts of interest and how the decision was made of selecting the host.

Moldova's bid was presented without a vote from the Congress, which goes against the EWF's rules. EWF President Antonio Conflitti, who also leads the Weightlifting Federation of Moldova, is under radar for his dual roles, raising concerns about fairness.

On the flip side, the Georgian bid, led by Olympic champions Kakhi Kakhiashvili, George Asanidze, and Lasha Talakhadze, offered some pretty attractive deals, including a budget of 2 million euros and reasonable accommodation prices.

EWF First Vice-President Maksim Agapitov slammed the decision, claiming it was biased because of Conflitti’s influence, especially since Moldova is politically unstable. The Georgian Weightlifting Federation pointed out that it’s essential to have transparency when choosing a host country and suggested that all bids should have been open for discussion at the Congress. They also mentioned plans to submit a new bid for the 2026 European Weightlifting Championships. With the details of Moldova’s bid still not fully out there, concerns about the transparency of the selection process and the legitimacy of the decision hanged in the air.

Later in 2024, in the congress meeting, the 2026 European Weightlifting Championships hosting rights were given to Georgia backhand seeing the backlash from Georgian Federation.

Official Partnerships

The following organizations and businesses have joined as official partners for the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships:

• Seven7rentacar: Official Accommodation Partner
• Cricova: Official Beverages Partner
• Mediashowgrup: Official Event Management Partner
• TINCOMERT GRUP: Official Infrastructure Partner
• TVR: Official Media Partner
• Olympic Moldova: Official Sports Federation Partner
• Chișinău International Airport: Official Transportation Partner
• Arena Națională SRL: Official Venue Partner

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

  *   Host nation (Moldova)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Totals (0 entries)		0	0	0	0

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

  *   Host nation (Moldova)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Totals (0 entries)		0	0	0	0

Medal overview

Men

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
– 60 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 65 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 71 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 79 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 88 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 98 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 110 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
+ 110 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total

Women

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
– 48 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 53 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 58 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 63 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 69 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 77 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
– 86 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total
+ 86 kg	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk
	Total

External links

• European Weightlifting Federation