Weightlifting page of 

Tom Goegebuer

 News history

Here you  find the updates, news and results  I posted in the past.  

The championships of the Dutch speaking part of Belgium were organized in Tombeek 
My bodyweight was 61.5 kg and after my elbow injury I decided to go easy. I snatched 100 kg, 105 kg, and 110 kg but all were quite painful. The jerk was a little less painful and I made 130, 135 and 140 kg.
It gave me first place overall.
Sarah De Coster made a new Belgian record snatch of 61kg in the -53 kg class. 

From 30th of September till 8th of October the World Championships for Seniors were held at Santa Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. 

It was a disaster for me cause I made no total despite of a promising preparation. 
I had to lift in the B-group and for one reason or another they put the C-groups on evening sessions, and B-groups in the early morning. As a result I had to wake up 5 o'clock in the morning to take the bus at 6 a.m. for a 1 hour ride to the weigh-in.
I've never been a morning lifter but this was so early that my body was still sleeping and I wasn't explosive at all but I didn't miss any attempts in the warm-up,  so I still had no clue of what was going to happen.

My goal of doing 119, 124, 126 vanished immediatly when I missed my first attempt with 119 kg. As m explosiveness I also catched the weight a lot more wobbly than usualy and I got out of balance, thereby hurting my elbow.
I came in a situation that I wasn't snatching explosively and rigidly plus an injured elbow..., very bad combination indeed and I ended up with no total before I could realise.

I'm still working on my full report as I'm very busy. But check out soon for pics and inside info.

From 30th of September till 8th of October the World Championships for Seniors will be held at Santa Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. 

The IWF Published the preliminary entry lists (689 entries): 
The 438 male lifters and 251 female lifters that are inscribed  seem to point to a record turn out. 
Some countries are presenting them self surprisingly strong (The Kingdom of Saoudi Arabia is first in the 56, third and 5th in the 62, 4th in 69 for example.).

I will be lifting in the 62 kg class and hope to be in the top 20 or even 15. 
Actually a top 12 is demanded by the Belgian Olympic Committee but considering  my 23th place (on 61!) on the preliminary list this seems to be out of reach. However the final entry list can differ a lot (see also previous news line). I'm hunting for a new total record which is currently 277.5 kg.

For results I advice to check out the IWF website and the Eleiko news agency and Marek's site.

Wish me luck!

Nine of eleven team members would have tested positive according some media. Hossein Rezazadeh would not be among them.
Sarah De Coster was the first Belgian woman lifting in junior European Championships.
She ended 10th in the -53 kg class but the nerves proved to be to strong to confirm her superb trainingresults and she stayed at her opening attempts of 57 kg snatch and 77 kg jerk.
A full report can be found on her personal website.
Doping-Documents show systematic doping in Czechoslovakia through the 1980's

Marek Drzewowski is again reporting on his Polish newswebsite about dopingcases.
A total of twelve athletes,with many medal, winners would have been tested positive on the last European Championships!

1) Dmitry VORONIN (80, RUS) – European champion cat.62 kg 
2) Florin VELICIU (85, ROM) - no total cat.62 kg 
3) Henadzi ALIASHCHUK (75, BLR) – European Champion 69 kg (second time so risking a lifetime ban) 
4) Ninel MICULESCU (85, ROM) – Silver medal snatch cat 69 kg
5) Natig HASANOV (77, AZE) - no total  cat 85 kg 
6) Nizami PASHAYEV (81, AZE) – European Champion cat -94 kg
7) Vladimir SMORCHKOV (80, RUS) – Vice European Champion cat 105 kg
8) Alexandru BRATAN (77, MDA) – Bronze medalist cat.105 kg 
9) Ashot DANIELYAN (74, ARM) –  Vice European Champion cat +105 kg (second time so risking a lifetime ban) 
10) Oleksiy KOLOKOLTSEV (81, UKR) – Silver medal clean&jerk cat +105 kg

11) Valentina POPOVA (72, RUS) -  Vice European Champion cat 75 kg
12) Dovile BLAZUNAITE (86, LTU) - 10th cat +75 kg

A few months ago the IWF published only two if this cases.
I believe that they re-examined the samples of the because new analysing techniques have been found that make it possible to retrace the use of anabolic agents on a longer period.  It would explain why many weeks another 10 positive cases come out.

It also effects my placing on the previuos European Championhips.
If confirmed I place again 5th in total, and 4 th in snatch.
French Samsom Mdicka Matam now takes the bronze with 127 + 150.
After two Russian lifter testing positive in international doping controls (see IWF website List of doping cases) the Russian weigthlifting federation now named six Russian lifters who tested positive in a national doping test. Following lifters have been been suspended for two years: Alexei Kurshin (Cheboksary, -62 kg, 272.5 kg total), Alexandra Gorlova (Moscow,+75 kg, 207 kg), Valentina Nikulina (Novosibirsk region, -75 kg, 149 kg), Ksenia Anisimova (Kemerovo region, -53 kg, 130 kg), Andrei Molchanov (-85 kg, 355 kg) and Stanislav Mikhaylin(-105 kg, 360 kg) (both from the Krasnodarsker region). This can be read on Marek Drzewowski's Polish newswebsite.  

If my Polish knowledge is strong enough he is also talking about 4 WADA positive tests in Maroc and the third Russian international positive test as mentioned earlier. Updates later.
In the latest update of the Belgian lists for the Olympic Games 2008 on the  BOIC website  my name is on the A-list!
Only 15 other Belgian athletes are also on that list with strong Olympic hopes.
ew General Secretary of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (FTAR) has now named the 
The under 17 championships are taking off. Watch the official website for more news
Impressive results on the  Central American and Caribbean games, letting no doubt about there preparation for the world championships in Santa Domingo in October.
Results: men / women.
Click on the bodyweight category and choose on the bottom snatch (arranque), jerk (envion) and total.  

List of doping cases on the IWF website show that there are again a few big names that tested positive.
Among them two Russian lifters and according to some newspapers (1, 2) a third one would have tested positive also.
if confirmed it could imply a two year ban for Russia and a ban from Olympic games!

 

 
From 11th – 15th July these championships took place in Apia -  Samoa . Results men / women 

Results UWC , Results EPC

Pictures from Chinese lifters


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

1st round

2nd 3rd Final

1

KO Gent

935,47

895.72 670,55 2.501,74

2

Zaventem 1  

783,48

781,91 740,89 2.306,28

3

Seraing  

748.03

746,02 678,71 2.172,76

4

La Louviere 1

689,15

597,18 633,83 1.920,16

5

S&S Merelbeke

551.55

466.09 599,60 1.617,24

6

Zaventem 2  

424,27

473.19 438,88 1.300,73

Belgians best female lifter Sarah De Coster made again new Belgian junior records: 61 kg snatch, 82 kg jerk and 143 kg total in the -58 kg class (53.9 kg BW.). Her total  is also the limit for the European and world juniors

Nicky Van Wemmel jerked a new Belgian record juniors in the class till 85 kg with 141 kg.

 

My club KSV Hostenbach won again   Hostenbach - Altrip with 623.2 to519.8.
This puts us in the second place in South west region.

My bodyweight was 62.5 and since my training camp I have been suffering from a knee injury.
Above that I felt tired and made a very moderate result. 
I did123 kg snatch and 142 kg clean and jerk. (Missed 149 because of my knee) 
The total of 265 kg gave me 153 German Kilo points.

Other Belgian lifter Sarah De Coster made new Belgian junior records: 58 kg snatch, 80 kg jerk and 138 kg total in the -58 kg class. Her total  is also the limit for the European and world juniors. She lifted for AC Soest.

 
The second round of the Belgian club championships took place in Waregem. 
Teams consist of 3 athletes and the Sinclair points are added. The team with the highest score after three rounds is national champion. My team, Royal Olympic Ghent had 3 athletes lifting: me,  Chamoyan Hrajr and Tom Van Thienen. 
As expected we kept first place easily. 
We made a 895 score, so nearly 300 averaged pro person. 
 I took it as a training and I did power snatches till 110 kg. 
In the clean&jerk I did 140 kg. My 250 kg total at 62.0 kg gave me 360.25 sinclair, the best result of the competition.
 Hrajr Chamoyan came back from an injury pause and made a solid 105+120kg at 75.3 kg (285). and our reserve Tom van thienen, only 17 years, made 97+118 at 88.3 kg bodyweight (285 sinclair).
The first round of the Belgian club championships took place in La Louvière. 
Teams consist of 3 athletes and the Sinclair points are added. The team with the highest score after three rounds is national champion. My team, Royal Olympic Ghent had 4 athletes lifting: me, Luc Lammens , Chamoyan Hrajr and Tom Van Thienen (in the second team). 
As expected we gained an advantage of about 150 Sinclair points on the second. 
We made a 935 score, so +310 averaged pro person. 
As it was my fifth competition in 6 weeks I took it as a training. I did power snatches till 105 kg. 
In the clean&jerk I did 140 kg. My 245 kg total at 62.1 kg gave me 352 sinclair, the best result of the competition.
Luc Lammens did a personal best snatch with 117 kg and jerked 140kg at 85 bodyweight (304 sinclair)
 Hrajr Chamoyan came back from an injury pause and made a solid 100+125kg at 78.7 kg (277.99). and our reserve Tom van thienen, only 17 years, made 100+110 at 90.8 kg bodyweight (241.39 sinclair).

My club KSV Hostenbach won again in the 5th round  Hostenbach - Donaueshingen with 585.4 to 474 points. This puts us in the second place in South west region.

I did my utmost best to gain some weight in the previous 2 weeks and was happy to put 61.8 kg on the scales.
I made 5 lifts out of 6 ending with 115 kg snatch and 143 kg clean and jerk. The total of 258kg gave me 150 German Kilo points, and 372 sinclair.

Other Belgian lifter Sarah De Coster made new Belgian records: 60 kg snatch, 78 kg jerk and 138 kg total in the -53 kg class. Her total  is also the limit for the European and world juniors. She lifted for AC Soest.

My club KSV Hostenbach won again in the 4th round , Hostenbach - Schifferstadt, with 579 to 464 points.
I just started training again and my bodyweight was awfully low (60.1 kg) so I wasn't very strong.
I made 6 lifts out of 6 ending with 113 kg snatch and 141 kg clean and jerk. The total of 254 kg gave me 150 German Kilo points, and 374 sinclair.

As my club KSV Hostenbach lost in last competition with less than a point (while I was in Qatar) it has become very important to win the next competitions to stay in  in the second division Süd-West in the slimmed down Bundesleague next year.
 
Our start was very successful with a clean victory, Hostenbach - Nagold, ended 628.4 to 516.6 points, so far the best result in the whole second league!

My bodyweight was only 60.7 kg and I snatched 117 kg in the first attempt. In the second attempt I went for 122. As my training snatches weren't the best I wasn't enough confident to do 125 and I made a pull (which hasn't happened to me in the last 10 years ).   The clean went perfect with an easy 142 kg and 148 kg so I decided to take 152 kg , only 3 kg below my best mark. It was my best lift and even made my think I could have gone for a record. 
My total of 274 kg gave me 170 German Kilo points, which places my provisionally in the 6th place overall. 

Other Belgian lifter Sarah De Coster made a new Belgian record jerk of 76 in the -53 kg class. Her total of 132 kg is equaling the national record. She lifted for AC Soest.


The championships of the Dutch speaking part of Belgium and the national master championships were organized in Tombeek 
My bodyweight was 62 kg and I snatched 117 kg, 121 kg and in the last attempt I did 124 kg.  As the World championships were only 11 days away I preferred not to put too much effort in the clean so I started 135, followed by an easy 140 kg and didn't go for the third lift.

Belgian records

Name

class

BW cat

Sn

Jerk

Total

De Coster Sarah

Jun + senior women

53 kg

58

De Wolf Kathleen

Master women 35/39

75 kg +

51

68

119

Hamerlinck Gilbert

Master Men 65/69

69 kg

  

76

130

 

A small yearly competition was held in Enghien (Belgium). 
I'm in full preparation for the world championships in November in Qatar. 
In the mid year World Ranking. I'm ranked 13th with my 275 kg result from the EC.  
In this competition I lifted at 61.4 kg and started wit 113 kg snatch. I missed 118 kg behind and 120 kg in front.
The jerk went better with three good lifts and 145 kg. 

Best 4 results: 
Name Age Class B.W. Club Snatch Jerk Tot Sinclair
Goegebuer Tom Senior 61,4 KO Gent 113 145 258 374,45
Ferrari Jean-Paul Master +35 61,8 La Louvière 88 114 202 291,78
Lammens Luc Senoir 82,3 KO Gent 110 130 240 289,44
Van thienen Tom Junior 89,3 KO Gent 90 108 198 229,34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Team classification:

 

 

1ste round 05/02/05

2nd round 05/03/05

3rd round 05/03/05  

Total

1

KO Gent

930,35

864,67

1003,52

2798,54

2

La Louviere 1

822,40

826,61

844,72

2493,73

3

Zaventem 1

783,15

748,51

757,10

2288,76

4

Seraing

681,10

730,50

739,51

2151,11

5

Zaventem 2

427,28

455,90

576,53

1459,71

6

La Louviere 2

446,86

325,95

336,66

1109,47  

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
  •  2004-03-27: French club competition Finals 

Besides being my birthday, 27th of March also was the final of the French Club championships. In first class 9 teams are fighting for the title of strongest club . 
As usual I was coming out for the team of Lille.  

I weighed in at a for me heavy 63.6 kg.  My elbow injury of last competition suddenly came up again in the last training days and with the European championships coming in April I was a little afraid to make it worse. 
I snatched 117.5 kg followed by an easy 122.5 kg.  With 125 kg a flash of hesitation came up and I made a pull...
The jerk went smooth with  142.5 kg, followed by a good 147.5 kg. 
I asked for 150 but I didn't get enough time to recuperate and made a technical mistake collapsing a bit in the clean and I couldn't come up. Anyway 270 kg total for the second time in three weeks is quite promising.  

Avallon (630) was the strongest team of the day followed by Clermonts sports (581) and Lille (521). However in the final ranking Clermonts takes first place followed by Avallon and Carpentras. Lille became 4th. 
 
There were many superb performances but I don't have them yet. I can already give following international results:
Eric Bonnel from Lille, 115+145 at a bodyweight of 59 kg.
Dabaya Venceslas (Cameroun), 147.5+182.5 at 70 kg. 

  •  2004-03-06: Final round  German Bundesliga club competition 

KSV Hostenbach was defeated by Weinheim in a head to head race ending with 638.6 to 440.3 kilopoints. Hostenbach ends the season in third place. In first position and second are Speyer and Weinheim.

My bodyweight was  62.9 and I started surprisingly with a failure at 115 snatch. I corrected it with a good 117.5 kg and ended with a nice 122.5 kg. I injured my elbow a bit however. 
I jerked 140, 145 and 147.5 kg and the total of 270 kg gave me 379.98 sinclair points and 158 German kilopoints which was the best of the evening.

I haven't made 270 total since 2001 so it is a very promising result  with still six weeks to go for the European Championships!

In first picture my painful 122.5 kg snatch and in second my 147.5 kg in the clean. 

 

 

  •  2004-02-28: 8th round  German Bundesliga club competition 

KSV Hostenbach defeated Obrigheim II with 615 to 420  kilopoints. Hostenbach is now ranked third.

My bodyweight was  62.9 and I made 6 solid lifts without trying maximum because next week I have to compete again. 
I snatched120 kg, jerked 142.5 kg and the total of 262.5 kg gave me 369.4 sinclair points and 150.5 German kilopoints which was the best of the evening.

 

  •  2004-01-17:2nd round of the French club competition 

I competed for ASPTT Lille in the first division, were 9 teams are fighting for the title of strongest club . 
Lille was hosting Clermont Sports and St. Marcelin. 
Clermont Sports  won with 523.1 to 480.5 points from Lille (and 314.2 from St. Marcelin).

I made 6 good lifts,  snatched 117.5 kg and jerked 137,5 kg  
My bodyweight was 62.1 kg and the 362.3 sinclair points were third best of the competition. 
El Moujoud Ali ( 77.1 kg, 137.5+170) was the best lifter with 378 points and 
Eric Bonnel from Lille, made 5 good lifts, 115+140 at a bodyweight of 59 kg (377 sinclair).

 

These European Championships will be my 160th competition!
After my back injury , I'm already happy to be there, so I don't have personal records
as a goal. If I can total 265 kg I'm happy. 
I realize I won't be able to match my 5th place from last year because 
the results from previous two years will be largely outscored. 
Only one big year to go for the Olympic games, so as usual the performances 
will increase to stupefying level.  

I'll be back in a few weeks with a detailed report!

 

I'm not yet fully recovered from my illness but this result is promising. 
'I'll be back...' - Tominator :-)

Best lifter of the competition was Artiom Shaloyan who lifted 130+160 at 67.6 bodyweight.

 

       The IWF will cover the  Warsaw World Championships online:  >> IWF WC Online 

        Eurosport will also cover the WC in Warsaw. The broadcasting schedule can be found on the 
        superb Austrian site: >> Eurosport WC Broadcasting schedule    

        Since 1997 I have been competing in all World Championships.
       Unfortunately I will not be an active participant this year. 
       Even though I would be capable of lifting more than 265 kg total, the risk for severe back injury is to high. 
       However I will be traveling to Warsaw to watch the championships live and meet my friends again. 
       I reckon I'll come back with more interesting pictures :-).       

           A few national records were broken (Record lists were updated): 
           Women -69 kg Seniors and Masters -44 y, M.P. Geldhof, 60 snatch & 80 Jerk, total 140 kg.
           Women +75 kg Masters -40 y, K De Wolf, 45 snatch.
            Men -17y, -62 kg, GJ Willems,  72.5 snatch , total 157.5 kg.

                                  Best lifter: Tom Goegebuer (Olympic Gent), 63.1 kg, 120 snatch, 142.5  Jerk, 368.55 Sincl