2018 European Weightlifting Championships

2018 European Senior Weightlifting Championships
Host cityBucharest, Romania
Dates26 March – 1 April
Main venueComplexul Olimpic Izvorani
Participation208 athletes from 30 nations
Events16

The 2018 European Weightlifting Championships was held at the Complexul Olimpic Izvorani in Bucharest, Romania from 26 March to 1 April 2018.[1]

Some countries were banned from competing at the championships due to their history of doping at previous Olympic Games. International Weightlifting Federation rules state that any country that had three positive tests uncovered by the International Olympic Committee during re-testing of stored urine samples for banned substances from the 2008 Olympic Games and 2012 Olympic Games would be banned. The banned countries are: Russia, Armenia, Turkey, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus and Azerbaijan.[2]

  1. ^ "European Senior Weightlifting Championships 26th March–1st April 2018 Bucharest-ROMANIA / 2018-04-03". Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Russia, China among 9 top weightlifting countries hit with doping ban | CBC Sports".