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(s)–45 kg
Coached byTalat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Pattaya45 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Tashkent45 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Batumi45 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Tirana45 kg
Bronze medal – third place2010 Minsk48 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2017 Baku48 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya49 kg S
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya49 kg CJ
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya49 kg T
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona48 kg S
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona48 kg CJ
Bronze medal – third place2022 Oran48 kg S
Bronze medal – third place2022 Oran48 kg CJ
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 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
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand45 kg7375771st place, gold medalist(s)9092962nd place, silver medalist(s)1691st place, gold medalist(s)
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan45 kg7476762nd place, silver medalist(s)9395953rd place, bronze medalist(s)1693rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships
2019Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia45 kg7073751st place, gold medalist(s)8891912nd place, silver medalist(s)1631st place, gold medalist(s)
2022Albania Tirana, Albania45 kg7173751st place, gold medalist(s)8890-1st place, gold medalist(s)1631st place, gold medalist(s)
Mediterranean Games
2018Spain Tarragona, Spain48 kg7477781st place, gold medalist(s)93961011st place, gold medalist(s)1741
2022Algeria Oran, Algeria49 kg7375793rd place, bronze medalist(s)9295973rd place, bronze medalist(s)1703
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan48 kg7074763rd place, bronze medalist(s)9093932nd place, silver medalist(s)1662nd place, silver medalist(s)

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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