Erdal Sunar

Erdal Sunar (born 1 May 1982 in Kütahya, Turkey) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the –85 kg division.[1][2]

Erdal Sunar
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1982-05-01) 1 May 1982
Kütahya, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–85 kg
Coached byHilmi Pekünlü
Medal record
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Kyiv –85 kg
World University Championships
Silver medal – second place 2004 Frederick –85 kg}

He studied physical education and sports at the Kütahya Dumlupınar University, and graduated in 2005.[3] Erdal Sunar started with weightlifting in 1994, and is coached since then by Hilmi Pekünlü. In 1998, he was admitted to the national team.[2]

He married in 2006 to Müslime, a French policewoman.[4] A member of a Turkish family immigrated to France, she competes in the –63 kg division of women's weightlifting for France.[3]

Achievements
World Weightlifting Championships
RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Silver–85 kg172.5Vancouver, CND17 November 2003[5][6]
European Weightlifting Championships
RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Bronze–85 kgKyiv, UKR2004[5]
World University Championships
RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Gold–85 kg155.0Frederick, USA5 Jul 2004[5]
 Bronze185.0
 Silver340.0
 Silver–94 kg162.0Komotini, GRE27 Nov 2008[1]
European Junior Championships
RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Silver–77 kg155.0Kalmar, SWE6 Sep 2001[5]

References
  1. "Results-Weightlifting 2008 Komotini Greece-1st World University Championship" (PDF). FISU. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  2. "Milli Sporcularımız-Erdal Sunar" (in Turkish). Kütahya İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü. 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  3. "Türk çift iki milli forma için yarıştı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 23 September 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  4. "Evli ve Farklı." Spor Bul (in Turkish). 17 September 2007. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  5. "Turkey". IAT Weightlifting Database. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  6. "Erdal Sunar gümüş kaldırdı". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 21 November 2003. Retrieved 8 November 2011.


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