The championship was already Hormavirtra’s third.
Minni Hormavirta won the under-17 European championship in weightlifting in the 76-kilogram category. The total result of the Finn was 206 kilograms.
The victory was overwhelming for the 15-year-old Finn. The Ukrainian who came to silver Anna Korolin the result was 191 kilos. Bulgaria took the EC bronze Sofia Garcia Stefanova with a score of 188.
The European championship was the third for Hormavirra from Lohja. At the end of May, he won silver at the 17-year-old World Championships in Peru.
The EC competitions are held in Thessaloniki, Greece.