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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 13, 1985 Kardzhali, Bulgaria |
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| Height | 1.70 m (5.6 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | –77 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Demirspor Club, Ankara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Muharrem Süleymanoğlu and Osman Nuri Vural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Taner Sağır (born March 13, 1985 in Kardzhali, Bulgaria) is a Turkish world and Olympic weightlifting champion. Coming to Athens as holder of all the junior world records, he broke, at age of 19 only, Olympic records in the category –77 kg snatch, clean and jerk and total, and became so the youngest Olympic champion in the weightlifting history. He is seen as a great talent by authorities.
Sağır, 1.70 m tall, is student of physical education and sports. Muharrem Süleymanoğlu and Osman Nuri Vural coach him at Demirspor Club in Ankara, Turkey. His two years older brother Nezir Sağır is also a famous international lifter.
As he is somewhat baby-faced, he was in a few commercials at the Athens Olympics in 2004.
He did not finish after three failures in the snatch event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Olympics
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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| Gold | –77 kg | 172.5 COR | 202.5 | 375.0 COR | Athens, GRE | Aug 19, 2004 |
World Championships
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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| Gold | –77 kg | 166.0 | 195.0 | 361.0 | Santo Domingo, DOM | Oct 3, 2006 |
| Gold | J –77 kg | 160.0 | 195.5 JWR | 355.0 JWR | Hermosillo, MEX | Jun 1, 2003 |
European Championships
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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| Gold | –77 kg | 167.5 | 192.5 | 360.0 | Sofia, BUL | Apr 22, 2005 |
| Gold | –77 kg | 167.5 | 200.0 | 367.5 | Kiev, UKR | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Gold | J –69 kg | 147.5 | 175.0 | 322.5 | Havířov, CZE | May 29, 2002 |
| Gold | Y –69 kg | Stavanger, NOR | Jul 30, 2001 | |||
| Silver | Y –59 kg | Košice, SVK | Aug 24, 2000 |
2004 World ranking list for the category "Men 77 kg" is as following:
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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| 1 | Taner Sağır, TUR | 172.5 | 202.5 | 375.0 | Athens, GRE | Aug 19, 2004 |
| 2 | Sergey Filimonov, KAZ | 172.5 | 200.0 | 372.5 | Athens, GRE | Aug 19, 2004 |
| 3 | Oleg Perepetchenov, RUS | 170.0 | 195.0 | 365.0 | Athens, GRE | Aug 19, 2004 |
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