Nuray Güngör, née Levent (born 8 May 2000) is a Turkish weightlifter, who represents Turkey at international competitions.

Nuray Güngör
Personal information
Birth nameNuray Levent
Born (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 23)
Bolu, Turkey
Home townDüzce, Turkey
Height164 cm (5 ft 4+12 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
SportWeightlifting
Weight class64 kg
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Yerevan 64 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tirana 64 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 64 kg CJ
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 64 kg T
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 64 kg S
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 64 kg CJ
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona 64 kg S
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rovaniemi 64 kg
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Suva 64 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bucharest 64 kg

Born in Bolu, Nuray Levent lives in Düzce, and is a member of the ASP Club there.[1] Levent was the only women's weightlifter representing Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2] Nuray Levent married İsa Güngör in 2021.[3]

Major results edit

Levent competed at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships.[4]

She competed in the 58 kg division at the 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tokyo, Japan, and placed sixth .[1]

She won the bronze medals in snatch, clean & jerk and total of the 64 kg division at the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Suva, Fiji.[5] At the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania, she won the silver medal in the snatch and the bronze medal in clean & jerk, and so took the silver medal in the total of 64 kg division.[6][7]

At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, she captured the gold medal in her weight division.[8]

She took the gold medal in the 64 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.[9] She won two medals at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[10] She won the bronze medal in the Weightlifting at the 2022 Mediterranean Games 71 kg snatch event and the silver medal in the clean & jerk event.[10]

Nuray Güngör won the gold medal in the women's 64 kg category at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, with 99 kg in the snatch, 120 kg in the jerk and 219 kg in total.[11]

Year Competition Venue Weight Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
(kg) Rank (kg) Rank (kg) Rank
2016 European Championships   Førde, Norway 58 kg 83 12th 101 15th 184 13th
2017 Junior World Championships   Tokyo, Japan 58 kg 87 106 193 6th
2018 Mediterranean Games   Constantí, Spain 63 kg 95   116  
2019 Junior World Championships   Suva, Fiji 64 kg 95   118   213  
European Junior Championships   Bucharest, Romania 64 kg 95   115   210  
2021 European U23 Championships   Rovaniemi, Finland 64 kg 96   118   214  
2022 European Championships   Tirana, Albania 64 kg 99   120   219  
Mediterranean Games   Oran, Algeria 71 kg 99   122  
Islamic Solidarity Games   Konya, Turkey 64 kg 97   121   218  
2023 European Championships   Yerevan, Armenia 64 kg 99   120   219  

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Düzceli Nuray Levent Halterde Dünya 6.'Sı Oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 19 June 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Türkiye'nin Gururu Kadın Sporcular: Nuray Levent". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ "İKİ MİLLİ SPORCU HAYATLARINI BİRLEŞTİRDİ Düzce Öncü RTV".
  4. ^ "2016 European Weightlifting Championships - Nuray Levent". iwf.net. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Nuray Levent, ailesine çifte bayram yaşattı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 10 June 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Halterde Nuray Levent Avrupa ikincisi oldu". Konya Yenigün (in Turkish). 23 October 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  8. ^ "2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Halterde 1 altın 3 gümüş madalya".
  10. ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  11. ^ https://www.trtspor.com.tr/haber/diger-sporlar/halter/nuray-gungorden-altin-madalya-273684.html

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