Şaziye Erdoğan-Okur (born February 23,1992)[1] is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the Women's −45 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
Full nameŞaziye Erdoğan-Okur
NationalityTurkish
Born (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 (age 32)
Ankara, Turkey
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWeightlifting
Event–45 kg
Coached byTalat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pattaya 45 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent 45 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Batumi 45 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tirana 45 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Minsk 48 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Baku 48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 49 kg S
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 49 kg CJ
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 49 kg T
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 48 kg S
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 48 kg CJ
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 48 kg S
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 48 kg CJ
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Landskrona 48 kg

Career

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She was born to a poor family in Ankara, where her father was 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, on 28 July, she broke 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]

She won the bronze medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[6][7]

She won the gold medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.[8][9] She won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[10]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2019   Pattaya, Thailand 45 kg 73 75 77   90 92 96   169  
2021   Tashkent, Uzbekistan 45 kg 74 76 76   93 95 95   169  
European Championships
2019   Batumi, Georgia 45 kg 70 73 75   88 91 91   163  
2022   Tirana, Albania 45 kg 71 73 75   88 90 -   163  
Mediterranean Games
2018   Tarragona, Spain 48 kg 74 77 78   93 96 101   174 1
2022   Oran, Algeria 49 kg 73 75 79   92 95 97   170 3
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017   Baku, Azerbaijan 48 kg 70 74 76   90 93 93   166  

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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". Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  6. ^ Oliver, Brian (8 December 2021). "Thailand take two golds on return to weightlifting's World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Şaziye Erdoğan, Avrupa şampiyonu".
  9. ^ Oliver, Brian (29 May 2022). "Bulgaria back in style with two golds at European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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