Şaziye Erdoğan

Şaziye Erdoğan-Okur (born February 23,1992)[1] is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the Women's −45 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]

Şaziye Erdoğan
Personal information
Full nameŞaziye Erdoğan-Okur
NationalityTurkish
Born (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992
Ankara, Turkey
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWeightlifting
Event–45 kg
Coached byTalat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
2019 Pattaya45 kg
2021 Tashkent45 kg
European Championships
2019 Batumi45 kg
2022 Tirana45 kg
2010 Minsk48 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku48 kg
2021 Konya49 kg S
2021 Konya49 kg CJ
2021 Konya49 kg T
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona48 kg S
2018 Tarragona48 kg CJ
2022 Oran48 kg S
2022 Oran48 kg CJ
European Junior Championships
2009 Landskrona48 kg

Career

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

She won the bronze medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[6][7]

She won the gold medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.[8][9] She won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[10]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2019 Pattaya, Thailand45 kg737577909296169
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan45 kg747676939595169
European Championships
2019 Batumi, Georgia45 kg707375889191163
2022 Tirana, Albania45 kg7173758890-163
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona, Spain48 kg74777893961011741
2022 Oran, Algeria49 kg7375799295971703
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku, Azerbaijan48 kg707476909393166

References
  1. "Hedefi altın madalya". Hürr,yet Spor (in Turkish). 10 April 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  2. "Youth Women's World Records" (PDF). IWF World Championships Wrocław 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. "European Junior Weightlifting Campioships Landskrona, Sweden-Results" (PDF). tyngdlyftning. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  4. "Şaziye Okur'dan 4 rekor" (in Turkish). GS Cimbom. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  5. "Sanctioned athletes". Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  6. Oliver, Brian (8 December 2021). "Thailand take two golds on return to weightlifting's World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. "Şaziye Erdoğan, Avrupa şampiyonu".
  9. Oliver, Brian (29 May 2022). "Bulgaria back in style with two golds at European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  10. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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