Şaziye Okur

Şaziye Okur
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born February 23, 1992
Ankara
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 48 kg
Coached by Talat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül

Şaziye Okur (born February 23, 1992 in Ankara)[1] is a Turkish female weightlifter competing in the Women's –48 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]

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

Achievements

European Championships
RankEventYearVenueSnatchClean & JerkTotal
 Bronze –48 kg 2010 Minsk, BLR 95.0 173.0
European Junior Championships
RankEventYearVenueSnatchClean & JerkTotal
 Gold –48 kg 2009 Landskrona, SWE 79.0 ERY 97.0 ERY 176.0 ERY
Legend

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hedefi altın madalya". Hürr,yet Spor (in Turkish). 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  2. ↑ "Youth Women's World Records" (PDF). IWF World Championships Wrocław 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  3. ↑ "European Junior Weightlifting Campioships Landskrona, Sweden-Results" (PDF). tyngdlyftning. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  4. ↑ "Şaziye Okur'dan 4 rekor" (in Turkish). GS Cimbom. 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  5. ↑ Sanctioned athletes

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