Ayşegül Çoban

Ayşegül was born on December 16, 1992 to Ali Çoban and his wife Döndü in a poor peasant family. Due to her family's limited economic situation, Çoban enrolled in a foster boarding school to receive a better education.[3]

In the school, she showed interest in weightlifting, and began with exercise promoted by her teacher of physical education, Sibel Ünlü, wife of the Turkey national weightlifting team's head coach Talat Ünlü. In the beginning, Talat Ünlü was not convinced by the young girl's talent.[3][4]

After gaining some success in sports, she was able to purchase a house with garden at Aydınlıkevler neighborhood of Selçuklu district in Konya Province, where she lives together with her parents. Çoban studies at the School of Physical Education and Sports of the Selçuk University in Konya.[3]

Ayşegül Çoban was admitted to the national team in 2007. She became 15-times national champion. In 2007, she broke the national record lifting 86 kg in the clean and jerk discipline in her age category.[4]

In 2007, she won the silver medal at the European Youth U17 Championship in Pavia, Italy, and captured the gold medal at the 2008 European Youth Championship in Ameins, France. She repeated her success as champion next year at the 2009 European Youth Championships in Eilat, Israel.[4][5]

In 2009, Çoban became champion at the European Junior Championship held in Landskrona, Sweden.[4] In 2010, she was again European junior champion in Limassol, Cyprus. At the 2012 European Junior Championships held in Eilat, Israel, she gained the bronze medal.[5]

Ayşegül Çoban won the bronze medal at the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships held in Kazan, Russia.[1] At the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania, Çoban reached to silver medal in the clean&jerk discipline of the -53 kg event that sufficed only to a fourth rank in total.[5][6] At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, she won the bronze medal in the -53 kg division.

Ayşegül Coban achieved first place in the women's 53 kg class at the 17th Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, on 20 June 2013, with 82 kg Snatch, 110 Clean and Jerk, with 192 kg total.[7]

On 16 October 2013, Ayşegül Coban competed in the 53 kg women's class at the 2013 IWF World Championships in Wroclaw, Poland. She successfully lifted 77 kg in the Snatch, but did not achieve a successful lift in the Clean and Jerk.[8]

European Youth U17 Championships[5]

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Silver	44 kg	56.0	72.0	128.0	Pavia, ITA	July 28, 2007
Gold	47 kg	62.0	87.0	149.0	Ameins, FRA	July 21, 2008
Gold	53 kg	73.0	95.0	168.0	Eilat, ISR	September 7, 2009

European Junior Championships[5]

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Gold	53 kg	73.0	100.0	173.0	Landskrona, SWE	July 28, 2009
Gold	53 kg	78.0	105.0	183.0	Limassol, CYP	November 11, 2010
Bronze	53 kg	75.0	103.0	178.0	Eilat, ISR	December 29, 2012

European Championships[5]

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Gold	53 kg	81.0	114.0	195.0	Tel Aviv, ISR	April 6, 2014
Bronze	53 kg	75.0	105.0	180.0	Kazan, RUS	April 11, 2013
4th	53 kg	80.0	105.0	185.0	Tirana, ALB	April 6, 2011

Summer Universiade

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Bronze	53 kg	79.0	110.0	189.0	Kazan, RUS	July 7, 2013

Mediterranean Games

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Silver	53 kg	82.0			Mersin, TUR	June 2013
Gold	53 kg		110.0		Mersin, TUR	June 2013

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