Caner Toptaş (born 14 August 2001) is a Turkish weightlifter. He won the silver medal in the 62 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1][2]

Caner Toptaş
Caner Toptaş in 2018
Personal information
Born (2001-08-14) 14 August 2001 (age 22)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
Summer Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 62 kg
Youth World Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bangkok 56 kg
European Youth Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pristina 56 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 San Donato Milanese 62 kg

At the 2017 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania, he won the silver medal in the men's 56 kg event.[3] In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Suva, Fiji.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Weightlifting: Turkey wins silver in Youth Olympics". Anadolu Agency. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2017 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). IWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

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