Men's Team Classification: Men: 56kg | 62kg | 69kg | 77kg | 85kg | 94kg | 105kg | +105kg | Medals | Team Classification Women: 48kg | 53kg | 58kg | 63kg | 69kg | 75kg | +75kg | Medals | Team Classification ...
click on images for higher resolution A personified, smiling drop of water lifts weights along with the top lifters of Europe in the European Championships in Loutraki. He is the mascot of the event, named Nerocles--his name deriving from "nero", the Greek word for water, combined with the mythical ancient Greek hero Heracles, famous for his power. Water is the symbol of the host city of Loutraki. Nerocles appears in blue, the colours of the Greek...
Latest update: 15/04/2003 10:56 (GMT +3) Travel Information: The City of Loutraki | Hall Layout | Travel Information | Excursions Downloads: Travel Information | Hall Layout Getting There The seaside spa city of Loutraki is situated on the Gulf of Corinth, just off the main Athens-Patras motorway, 80 kilometres from Athens and 140 kilometres from Patras, the western Gateway to Greece. Loutraki is served by the new Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, which has direct scheduled connections to almost all European...
The Training Hall facilities are located north of the main road that runs outside the Competition Hall. They include a gym, weights room, swimming pool and outdoor tennis courts. See below for a plan and photos of the complex. ...
Latest update: 15/04/2003 10:55 (GMT +3) Excursions from Loutraki: The City of Loutraki | Hall Layout | Travel Information | Excursions Downloads: Travel Information | Hall Layout The location of Loutraki allows for easy day outings to all the major archaeological sites of southern Greece, including the Acropolis of Athens, Olympia, Delphi, Epidaurus and numerous others. In addition, there is a wealth of Byzantine and later medieval treasures to be discovered throughout the region, plus two extraordinary hundred-year-old engineering feats,...
Dimitris Tofalos Born in Patras in 1877 (or, according to some sources, in 1884), Tofalos began showing his strength at an early age. Still a young boy, he seriously injured his arm in when he tried to lift a rail carriage. Doctors proposed to amputate, but he refused and went on to win the gold medals at the Intercalated Olympic Games of 1906 in Athens, despite his 'bad' arm being 2½ inches shorter than his 'good' one. Tofalos...
«Η επόμενη μέρα της άρσης βαρών ξεκινάει από το Λουτράκι, μια πολύ φιλόξενη πόλη με την οποία μας συνδέουν ως άθλημα παλιοί και ισχυροί δεσμοί. Έχουν διεξαχθεί αγώνες άρσης βαρών με αποκορύφωμα το ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα ανδρών – γυναικών το 2003 ενώ η εθνική μας ομάδα και εγώ φυσικά, έχουμε κάνει στη πόλη πάμπολλες φορές προπονητικά κάμπινγκ. Δεν είναι δηλαδή υπερβολή να λέμε σήμερα ότι μας γνωρίζουν και τους γνωρίζουμε καλά. Σε μια δύσκολη εποχή, η πόλη και...
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World Records▶ European Records▶ National Records▶ Multimedia▶ Contact Links Site Map Olympic Medals Total Participations Participation Records 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Men's Women's Junior Men's & Young Women's Men's Women's Junior Men's & Young Women's Youth Male & Female Men's Junior Men's Women's Junior Women's Men's Junior Men's Youth Male Women's Junior Women's Youth Female...
World Records▶ European Records▶ National Records▶ Multimedia▶ Contact Links Site Map Olympic Medals Total Participations Participation Records 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Men's Women's Junior Men's & Young Women's Men's Women's Junior Men's & Young Women's Youth Male & Female Men's Junior Men's Women's Junior Women's Men's Junior Men's Youth Male Women's Junior Women's Youth Female...