Erol Bilgin

Erol Bilgin
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born (1987-02-20) February 20, 1987
Kütahya, Turkey
Height 1.58 m (5.2 ft)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 62 kg

Erol Bilgin (born February 20, 1987 in Kütahya, Turkey)[1] is a Turkish European champion in weightlifting competing in the 62 kg division.

He was born in the western Anatolian city of Kütahya. Bilgin started weightlifting in 1998 at the Kütahya Gençlik Merkezi S.K. Two years later, he transferred to Tarım Kredi S.K. He is coached by Hilmi Pekünlü.[1] Bilgin is 1.57 m (5.2 ft) tall and weighs 62 kg (137 lb).[2]

Achievements

World Championships

RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
362 kg 143.0171.0314.0Antalya, TURSeptember 19, 2010

European Championships

RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
162 kg 139.0165.0304.0Minsk, BLRApril 2–11, 2010[3]
162 kg 133.0160.0293.0Bucharest, ROMApril 3–12, 2009
262 kg 135.0160.0295.0Lignano Sabbiadoro, ITAApril 11–20, 2008
362 kg 128.0158.0276.0Strasbourg, FRAApril 14–22, 2007[4]
256 kg 120.0145.0265.0Sofia, BULApril 19–25, 2005

University World Championships

RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
262 kg 125.0160.0285.0Izmir, TURJun 30-Jul 2, 2006

World Junior Championships

RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
256 kg 115.0135.0250.0Minsk, BELMay 24–30, 2004

European Junior Championships

RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
156 kg 112.5145.0257.5Burgas, BULSep 20-26, 2004

European Youth 17 Championships

RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
156 kg 110.0 ER135.0 245.0 ER Stavanger, NORJul 26-Aug 1, 2004

European Under 16 Championships

RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
145 kg 77.5 ER102.5 ER180.0 ER Villeneuve-Loubet, FRA Aug 22-26, 2004

[1][5]

ER: European Record

World rank

Bilgin ranked 12th in the world list as of 2008, sharing the place with Antoniu Buci from Romania, with his result of 295 kg in total achieved at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships held in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Erol Bilgin Özgeçmiş" (in Turkish). Governorate of Kütahya official website. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
  2. "2008 Beijing Summer Olympics-Athletes-Erol Bilgin". NBC Olympics. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
  3. "European Senior Weightlifting Championships 2010" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  4. "Journée du 18 avril 2007-Tous les résultats de cette journée (6 pages)-Championnats d’Europe d'Haltérophilie" (PDF) (in French). Eurosport. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
  5. "Competitions". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
  6. "2008 Annunal World Ranking". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved April 12, 2009.


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