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European Men's Equipped Bench Press Championships

Merignac / France

31 July − 6 August, 2023

Austria
Lifters
1.Muigg PeterMasters 3-74kg
2.Schmid KevinJuniors-83kg
Team Members
1.Krebs Herbert+Cat.I 
2.Wetekam Dominic +Head Coach
3.Brillanti Theo +Assistant Coach
4.Schut Pascal +Assistant Coach
5.Wienroither Bianca +Assistant Coach
6.Gaal Alexander +Assistant Coach
Belgium
Lifters
1.de Saedeleer LievenOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Busselot Myriam+Cat.I+Official
2.Hublou Noa +Coach
3.de Grauwe Rik +Coach
4.de Grauwe Hugo +Coach
5.Ceuppens Niels +Coach
6.de Saedeleer Wouter +Coach
7.de Saedeleer Lieven +Coach
Bulgaria
Team Members
1.Panayotov Valentin +Head Coach
2.Panayotova Yona +Assistant Coach
Czechia
Lifters
1.Vesely IvanMasters 4-120kg
2.Paukert MiroslavMasters 3-93kg
3.Sicha MichalMasters 1-83kg
4.Hornik JiriMasters 1-93kg
5.Hornik DavidJuniors-83kg
6.Kaucky OndrejJuniors-93kg
7.Smetanik OndrejJuniors-93kg
8.Runstuk TomasJuniors-105kg
9.Dobias JakubJuniors-105kg
10.Kral SimonJuniors120+kg
11.Rehak MartinSubjuniors-74kg
12.Pilar JanSubjuniors-83kg
13.Tuhacek ZdenekOpen-105kg
14.Selinger MilanOpen-120kg
15.Kurecka DenisOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Vesely Ivan+Cat.I 
2.Svadlenkova Tuhackova Petra+Cat.I 
3.Prasek Jiri +Coach
4.Slanicka Petr +Coach
5.Lupac David +Coach
6.Paukert Roman +Assistant Coach
7.Svadlenkova Petra +Assistant Coach
8.Turkova Denisa +Assistant Coach
9.Tuhacek Zdenek +Assistant Coach
Denmark
Lifters
1.Terragni JohnMasters 4-74kg
2.Rasmussen ErikMasters 3-83kg
3.Christensen JohnMasters 3120+kg
4.Friche MadsOpen-83kg
5.Flaeten KentOpen-93kg
6.Balsby Jeppe FrostOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Berndorff Per+Cat.I 
2.Bagger Trine+Cat.II 
3.Larsen Bjarte Vik +Head Coach
4.Pedersen Annette +Coach
5.Rames Maj +Assistant Coach
6.Rasmussen Erik +Assistant Coach
7.Terragni John +Assistant Coach
8.Christensen John +Assistant Coach
9.Pedersen Mads +Assistant Coach
10.Friche Mads +Assistant Coach
11.Joergensen Katja +Assistant Coach
12.Balsby Jeppe +Assistant Coach
13.Andersen Rebekka +Assistant Coach
14.Pretzmann Annemia +Assistant Coach
15.Herrmann Michael +Assistant Coach
16.Klug Andreas +Assistant Coach
17.Andreasen Sara Ellegaard +Assistant Coach
Estonia
Lifters
1.Abner KaljuMasters 2-105kg
2.Kulaviir AndresMasters 2-120kg
3.Koovit GertMasters 2120+kg
4.Parna TarmoOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Parna Tarmo +Head Coach
2.Koovit Gert +Coach
3.Ruutel Reelika +Assistant Coach
4.Kulaviir Andri Eric +Assistant Coach
5.Valk Karl Michael +Assistant Coach
Finland
Lifters
1.Kemppainen MarkkuMasters 4-66kg
2.Komppa SeppoMasters 4-93kg
3.Tirronen HarriMasters 4-105kg
4.Perasalo HannuMasters 3-66kg
5.Hietanen IsmoMasters 3-74kg
6.Makkonen JuhaMasters 3-120kg
7.Laurikainen PetteriMasters 2-93kg
8.Wasenius KajMasters 2-105kg
9.Vaivila VilleMasters 1-66kg
10.Kangasjarvi AkiMasters 1-93kg
11.Koistinen PekkaMasters 1-93kg
12.Jarvenpaa HermanniJuniors-105kg
13.Haapamaki JaniOpen-74kg
14.Sandvik KennethOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Rantapelkonen Jari+Cat.I 
2.Salminen Margetta+Cat.I 
3.Finne Mats +Head Coach
4.Hokkanen Timo +Coach
5.Ahtiainen Teemu +Coach
6.Haapamaki Jani +Assistant Coach
7.Hietanen Ismo +Assistant Coach
8.Haapamaki Milla +Assistant Coach
9.Henriksson Tommi +Assistant Coach
10.Carlson Jesper +Assistant Coach
11.Gustafsson Maarit +Assistant Coach
12.Wasenius Kaj +Assistant Coach
13.Sodergard Rolf +Assistant Coach
14.Ojala Kari +Assistant Coach
15.Jarvenpaa Pasi +Assistant Coach
16.Kuusisaari Juho +Assistant Coach
17.Taskinen Pekka +Assistant Coach
18.Paavola Mikko +Assistant Coach
19.Rantala Kalle +Assistant Coach
20.Linna Pauli +Assistant Coach
21.Virtanen Jarmo +Assistant Coach
22.Uotila Tiina +Assistant Coach
23.Oksanen Sanna +Assistant Coach
24.Kaasalainen Henna +Assistant Coach
25.Karhu Antti +Assistant Coach
26.Susanna Nakari +Assistant Coach
27.Wasenius Daniel +Assistant Coach
28.Takkunen Markus +Assistant Coach
29.Kuronen Tuomas +Assistant Coach
30.Kainu Petter +Assistant Coach
31.Sandvik Marcela +Assistant Coach
32.Sandvik Kenneth +Assistant Coach
33.Laurikainen Petteri +Assistant Coach
34.Perasalo Marjo-Riitta +Assistant Coach
France
Lifters
1.Sitruk ClaudeMasters 4-74kg
2.Couturier ClaudeMasters 4-74kg
3.Huchet MarcMasters 4-83kg
4.Collard AlainMasters 4-83kg
5.Paruit LouisMasters 4-93kg
6.Egels DidierMasters 4-105kg
7.Malenfant PatrickMasters 3-74kg
8.Deconinck ErickMasters 3-93kg
9.Leroy FabriceMasters 3-105kg
10.Eldin VincentMasters 2-74kg
11.Pinguet CyrilMasters 2-83kg
12.Bastien BrunoMasters 2-83kg
13.Dufour DavidMasters 2-93kg
14.Bertin FabriceMasters 2-93kg
15.Sivadier ThierryMasters 1-74kg
16.Suc LionelMasters 1-83kg
17.Kelle ThierryMasters 1-105kg
18.Guidez JeromeMasters 1120+kg
19.Bourgoo NicolasMasters 1120+kg
20.Grenier AllanOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Nicoleau Dominique+Cat.I 
2.Lesellier Christine+Cat.I 
3.Belmas Jean Paul+Cat.I 
4.Girot Sylvain+Cat.II 
5.Dufour Gregory +Head Coach
6.Berot Stephane +Coach
7.Artige Eric +Assistant Coach
8.Pires Peyo +Assistant Coach
9.Kelle David +Assistant Coach
10.Lesellier Pascal +Assistant Coach
11.Oury Celine +Assistant Coach
12.Gallart Pierre +Assistant Coach
13.Cathy Bertin +Assistant Coach
14.Bachellez Alexis +Assistant Coach
15.Bernard Nohales +Assistant Coach
16.Le Gargasson Valerie +Assistant Coach
17.Peyrol Margaux +Assistant Coach
18.Mabo Viviane +Assistant Coach
19.Renald Bastien +Assistant Coach
20.Goyffon Jean Louis +Assistant Coach
21.Mickael Santarelli +Assistant Coach
22.Belmas Jean Pierre +Assistant Coach
Georgia
Team Members
1.Kvikvinia Elguja+Cat.II+Head Coach
2.Chincharauli Manuchar +Official
3.Dzamukashvili Zurab +Coach
4.Chincarauli Nikolozi +Assistant Coach
Germany
Lifters
1.Baumeister GerhardMasters 4-83kg
2.May Karl-HeinzMasters 4120+kg
3.Haensicke PeerMasters 3-93kg
4.Rangnit HelmutMasters 3120+kg
5.Staegemann MikeMasters 2-66kg
6.Schnurr MarioMasters 2-105kg
7.Schulz TonyMasters 1-83kg
8.Roehner ChristianMasters 1-83kg
9.Roesler RicardoMasters 1-93kg
10.Barthel FrankMasters 1-105kg
11.Vahl MirkoMasters 1-120kg
12.Gross ReneMasters 1120+kg
13.Wegener DominikJuniors-59kg
14.Sester SvenSubjuniors-83kg
15.Guenterberg RaikOpen-83kg
Team Members
1.Weiss Josef+Cat.I 
2.Platzer Helmuth+Cat.II+Assistant Coach
3.Schnurr Mario +Head Coach
4.Herder Sandrino +Coach
5.Hering Uwe +Assistant Coach
6.Staegemann Maja +Assistant Coach
7.Gross Rene +Assistant Coach
8.Staegemann Maik +Assistant Coach
9.Guenterberg Raik +Assistant Coach
10.Sester Sven +Assistant Coach
11.Haensicke Peer +Assistant Coach
12.Mueller Hans +Assistant Coach
13.Bogner Milan +Assistant Coach
14.Hinz Peter +Assistant Coach
15.Merbeler Dario +Assistant Coach
16.Vahl Mirko +Assistant Coach
17.Haug Georg +Assistant Coach
18.Mueller-Freye Karina +Assistant Coach
19.Rangnit Helmut +Assistant Coach
20.Kraemer Thomas +Assistant Coach
21.Wieninger Werner +Assistant Coach
22.Wegener Dominik +Assistant Coach
23.Falkenberg Kerstin +Assistant Coach
24.Steidle Wolfgang +Assistant Coach
25.Schroeter Friedhelm +Assistant Coach
26.Roehner Christian +Assistant Coach
27.Wollny Christian +Assistant Coach
28.Pfeiffer Ina +Assistant Coach-Athlete
29.Scheu Gabriela +Assistant Coach-Athlete
Great Britain
Lifters
1.McGauley DanielSOI-59kg
2.Amey MichaelMasters 4-83kg
3.Ellender MichaelMasters 4-93kg
4.Rigby AndrewMasters 3-120kg
5.Cowan StewartMasters 3-120kg
6.Peskett StuartMasters 2-83kg
7.Ball DarrenMasters 2-120kg
8.Amey DanielMasters 1-93kg
9.Simon ScottMasters 1-120kg
10.Williams NathanJuniors-66kg
11.Gardner AngusJuniors-93kg
12.Spring JoeJuniors120+kg
13.Gideon AaronOpen-66kg
14.Foder AlexOpen-74kg
15.Duarte HugoOpen-93kg
16.Morgan ThomasOpen-93kg
17.Champ AndyOpen-105kg
18.Gibson MichaelOpen-105kg
19.Shaw JosephOpen-120kg
20.Marshall MartinOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Ellender Mick+Cat.I 
2.Springett Carole+Cat.I 
3.Marshall Martin +Head Coach
4.Davies Ben +Coach
5.Marsh Paul +Coach
6.Brignall Matt +Coach
7.Brincat Smith James +Coach
8.Coggle Craig +Coach
9.Ellis Sophia +Coach
10.Elder Lauren +Coach
11.Bass Martin +Coach
12.Macpherson Charlotte +Coach
13.Cook Ben +Assistant Coach
14.Shergold Rita +Assistant Coach
15.Gibson Mike +Assistant Coach
16.Foran Paul +Assistant Coach
17.Rigby Andy +Assistant Coach
18.Gideon Aaron +Assistant Coach
19.Simon Scott +Assistant Coach
20.Gardner Angus +Assistant Coach
21.Morgan Thomas +Assistant Coach
22.Ball Darren +Assistant Coach
23.Gordon Maureen +Assistant Coach
24.Gill Matthew +Assistant Coach
25.Ellender Charlotte +Assistant Coach
26.Wray Sheridan +Head Coach
27.Twycross Lewis Richard +Coach
28.Whitely Jo +Assistant Coach
Hungary
Lifters
1.Sajben DanielSubjuniors-59kg
2.Nemes RobertOpen-93kg
Team Members
1.Bajan Janos+Cat.I 
2.Kromek Andras +Head Coach
3.Berke Lorand +Official
4.Szabo Agnes +Assistant Coach
Lithuania
Team Members
1.Mankevicius Stasys +Coach
2.Chlomko Vitalijus +Coach
Luxembourg
Lifters
1.Parage PhilippeJuniors120+kg
2.Ndoja GabrielOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Lau Werner+Cat.I+Official
2.Parage Gaston+Cat.I+Official
3.Hammang Alain +Head Coach
4.Ndoja Gabriel +Assistant Coach
5.Parage Philippe +Assistant Coach
Netherlands
Team Members
1.van de Vijfeijke Pieter+Cat.II+Head Coach
2.Ergin Kemal +Coach
3.Lee Marco +Coach
4.Hammang Alain +Coach
5.van Mourik Jesse +Coach
6.van der Mee Carola +Coach
7.Giessen Lars +Assistant Coach
8.Bosman Thomas +Assistant Coach
Norway
Lifters
1.Ringvold Vidar AlexanderMasters 3-120kg
2.Lorentzen Ove HenningMasters 2-83kg
3.Havnen BjarneMasters 2-120kg
4.Skundberg VetleJuniors-93kg
5.Myrvang Fredrik EskilOpen-59kg
6.Male RalfOpen-105kg
7.Hole Per MariusOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Novum Morten+Cat.I 
2.Male Ralf +Head Coach
3.McColl Alastair +Head Coach
4.Gundersen Kim +Assistant Coach
5.Solberg Paal +Assistant Coach
6.Jorgensen Eirik +Assistant Coach
7.Furesund Kjell +Assistant Coach
8.Myrvang Fredrik +Assistant Coach
Poland
Lifters
1.Maka BoleslawMasters 4-74kg
2.Mentel StanislawMasters 3-93kg
3.Hadrysiak MariuszMasters 3-105kg
4.Zelazko BartoszMasters 2-74kg
5.Nocek GrzegorzMasters 2-93kg
6.Balawejder AdamMasters 1-74kg
7.Wloch ArkadiuszMasters 1-74kg
8.Debicki TomaszMasters 1-83kg
9.Wirek BartlomiejMasters 1-83kg
10.Walczak ErykMasters 1-105kg
11.Debicki RadoslawJuniors-66kg
12.Perlik KrzysztofJuniors-74kg
13.Zastawny MaciejJuniors-83kg
14.Pietrykowski DawidJuniors-120kg
15.Lewczyk FilipJuniors120+kg
16.Rogala RadoslawSubjuniors-59kg
17.Wloch PawelSubjuniors-74kg
18.Golianek JakubSubjuniors-83kg
19.Godles SzymmonSubjuniors-93kg
20.Grotkowski MariuszOpen-66kg
21.Koloch MaciejOpen-74kg
22.Zalewski RafalOpen-93kg
Team Members
1.Znojek Arkadiusz+Cat.I+Head Coach
2.Nocek Grzegorz+Cat.I+Coach
3.Tarnowska Anna +Coach
4.Kowalik Mikolaj +Coach
5.Leski Grzegorz +Coach
6.Deren Hieronim +Coach
7.Dziezok Katarzyna +Coach
8.Piwowar Krzysztof +Coach
9.Dziwosz Julia +Assistant Coach
10.Wojcik Karol +Assistant Coach
11.Grotkowski Mariusz +Assistant Coach
12.Zajac Andrzej +Assistant Coach
Romania
Team Members
1.Oproiu Cristian +Coach
Serbia
Team Members
1.Smiljanic Milan+Cat.II+Head Coach
Slovakia
Lifters
1.Kolsovsky StefanMasters 3-59kg
2.Mihok AntonMasters 3-74kg
3.Sura RonaldMasters 3-83kg
4.Sotolar JozefMasters 1-83kg
5.Zuberec PeterMasters 1-120kg
6.Antalik SamuelSubjuniors-66kg
7.Blazicek Juraj GabrielSubjuniors-93kg
8.Marcin SamuelSubjuniors120+kg
9.Vavrinec MichalOpen-93kg
10.Pidanic LubomirOpen-93kg
Team Members
1.Gajdos Vladimir+Cat.I 
2.Januska Stanislav +Head Coach
3.Cipka Martin +Coach
4.Vavrinec Michal +Coach
5.Prekop Marian +Coach
6.Lenartova Karolina +Coach
7.Micietova Poula +Assistant Coach
South Africa
Team Members
1.Smit Hannie+Cat.I+Official
Spain
Team Members
1.Cayuela Jose+Cat.I 
Sweden
Lifters
1.Malmberg GoranMasters 4-83kg
2.Ring TomasMasters 3-83kg
3.Gustafsson YngveMasters 3120+kg
4.Siltanen JukkaMasters 2-74kg
5.Karlsson NicklasMasters 2-120kg
6.Holmgren MarcusMasters 1-74kg
7.Humble MattiasMasters 1-105kg
8.Sandstrom ArvidJuniors-74kg
9.Warnquist DavidJuniors-105kg
10.Wang JoakimOpen-93kg
11.Dahlkvist OliverOpen-105kg
12.Mirblom RasmusOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Eriksson Ulf+Cat.I 
2.Karlsson Peter+Cat.I 
3.Nilsson Per +Head Coach
4.Selberg Amit +Head Coach
5.Ring Tomas +Coach
6.Rohr Pernilla +Coach
7.Giaever Emma +Assistant Coach
8.Lundgren Emil +Assistant Coach
9.Eriksson Josef +Assistant Coach
10.Wahlberg Malin +Assistant Coach
11.Koster Stefan +Assistant Coach
12.Mirblom Rasmus +Assistant Coach
13.Fossbakk Fredrik +Assistant Coach
14.Henningsson Jonathan +Assistant Coach
15.Holgersson Jennifer +Assistant Coach
16.Sundberg Pernilla +Assistant Coach
Ukraine
Lifters
1.Bozhyk AndriiMasters 3-105kg
2.Moroz VolodymyrMasters 2-59kg
3.Chernyshov OleksandrMasters 2-66kg
4.Shandryhos ViktorMasters 1-105kg
5.Chebotaiev OlehJuniors-74kg
6.Hroshko IhorJuniors-93kg
7.Dolzhenko MarkJuniors-120kg
8.Vovchok DmytroJuniors120+kg
9.Andreiev EduardSubjuniors-66kg
10.Ponomarenko OleksandrSubjuniors-66kg
11.Nikitin IhorSubjuniors-93kg
12.Semeshkin AndriiSubjuniors-105kg
13.Ahadzhanian OleksandrOpen-59kg
14.Shablii MykhailoOpen-66kg
15.Kinishchuk RostyslavOpen-66kg
16.Chuprynko IvanOpen-74kg
17.Balenkov AndriiOpen-83kg
Team Members
1.Bazaiev Sirazhutdin+Cat.I+Official
2.Orobets Vasyl+Cat.II+Coach
3.Naleykin Viktor +Head Coach
4.Yasenetskyy Ihor +Coach
5.Lysyi Ihor +Coach
6.Fedorenko Serhii +Coach
7.Chernyshov Oleksandr +Coach
8.Zhytnytskyi Artem +Assistant Coach
9.Hordiienko Oksana +Assistant Coach
10.Koltakov Feliks +Assistant Coach
11.Yasenetska Nataliia +Assistant Coach
Summary Table
Number of LiftersEuropean Women's Equipped Bench Press Championships91
European Men's Equipped Bench Press Championships159
European Women's Classic Bench Press Championships181
European Men's Classic Bench Press Championships243
Persons as …Referee20
Representative209
Referee & Representative12
All Together915