Taner Sağır
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March 13, 1985 Kardzhali, Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | –77 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Demirspor Club, Ankara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Muharrem Süleymanoğlu and Osman Nuri Vural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Early years
He was born in Bulgaria to parents of Turkish ethnicity. The family emigrated in 1989 to Turkey, settled first in the Batıkent neighborhood of Yenimahalle, Ankara, and moved later to Pursaklar, Ankara. He began in 1994 with weightlifting in Pursaklar. Taner Sağır is the younger brother of Olympic weightlifter Nezir Sağır.[1]
Sports career
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.
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.
He has not competed in a major event since 2008, owing to a spinal disc injury.
Famiy life
On August 30, 2008, he married Sibel Güler, a two-time European taekwondo champion and also an immigrant from Bulgaria. The couple has a child. The family resides in Ankara in a street named after him.[2]
Medals
Olympics
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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 Gold | –77 kg | 172.5 | 202.5 | 375.0 | 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 |
- Y: Youth (under 16)
- J: Junior
- JWR: Junior World record
World rank
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 |
References
- ↑ "Taner Sağır: Olimpiyatlar her şeyi değiştirdi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
- ↑ "Şampiyonlar evlendi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
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