Şaziye Erdoğan

Şaziye Erdoğan-Okur (born 23 February 1992)[1] is a Turkish female weightlifter competing in the Women's −48 kg division. Okur is the current world record holder in the −44 kg division of youth category with 77 kg in the snatch, 92 kg in the clean&jerk events and 169 kg in total.[2]

Şaziye Erdoğan
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992
Ankara, Turkey
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight45.00 kg (99 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–45 kg
Coached byTalat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül

Career

She was born to a poor family in Ankara, where her father is a construction worker. Already at the age of 11, she started with weightlifting in the primary school in Keçiören, Ankara.[1]

At the 2009 European Weightlifting Junior Championships held in Landskrona, Sweden, she broke on 28 July four European youth records lifting 79.0 kg in snatch, 97.0 kg in clean&jerk and 172.0 and then 176.kg in total.[3][4]

She is trained by Talat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül.[1]

In 2013, Okur was banned from international competition by the International Weightlifting Federation for 2 years for use of anabolic steroid Stanozolol.[5]

Achievements

European Championships
RankEventYearVenueSnatchClean & JerkTotal
 Bronze−48 kg2010Minsk, BLR95.0173.0
European Junior Championships
RankEventYearVenueSnatchClean & JerkTotal
 Gold−48 kg2009Landskrona, SWE79.0 ERY97.0 ERY176.0 ERY
Legend
  • ERY European Record Youth

References

  1. "Hedefi altın madalya". Hürr,yet Spor (in Turkish). 10 April 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  2. "Youth Women's World Records" (PDF). IWF World Championships Wrocław 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. "European Junior Weightlifting Campioships Landskrona, Sweden-Results" (PDF). tyngdlyftning. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  4. "Şaziye Okur'dan 4 rekor" (in Turkish). GS Cimbom. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  5. Sanctioned athletes
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