Şaziye Erdoğan

Turkish weightlifter (born 1992)

Şaziye Erdoğan

Personal information
Full name| Şaziye Erdoğan-Okur
Nationality| Turkish
Born|  (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 (age 33)
Ankara, Turkey
Height| 153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight| 45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Country| Turkey
Sport| Weightlifting
Event| –45 kg
Coached by| Talat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül

Medal record

Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
| 2019 Pattaya | 45 kg
| 2021 Tashkent | 45 kg
European Championships
| 2019 Batumi | 45 kg
| 2022 Tirana | 45 kg
| 2010 Minsk | 48 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
| 2017 Baku | 48 kg
| 2021 Konya | 49 kg S
| 2021 Konya | 49 kg CJ
| 2021 Konya | 49 kg T
Mediterranean Games
| 2018 Tarragona | 48 kg S
| 2018 Tarragona | 48 kg CJ
| 2022 Oran | 48 kg S
| 2022 Oran | 48 kg CJ
European Junior Championships
| 2009 Landskrona | 48 kg

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]

## Career

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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

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Year  | Venue  | Weight  | Snatch (kg)  | Clean & Jerk (kg)  | Total  | Rank

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World Championships
2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand | 45 kg | 73 | 75 | 77 |  | 90 | 92 | ~~96~~ |  | 169 |
2021 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 45 kg | 74 | ~~76~~ | 76 |  | 93 | ~~95~~ | ~~95~~ |  | 169 |
European Championships
2019 |  Batumi, Georgia | 45 kg | 70 | 73 | 75 |  | 88 | ~~91~~ | ~~91~~ |  | 163 |
2022 |  Tirana, Albania | 45 kg | 71 | 73 | ~~75~~ |  | 88 | 90 | - |  | 163 |
Mediterranean Games
2018 |  Tarragona, Spain | 48 kg | 74 | ~~77~~ | 78 |  | 93 | 96 | ~~101~~ |  | 174 | 1
2022 |  Oran, Algeria | 49 kg | 73 | 75 | ~~79~~ |  | 92 | 95 | ~~97~~ |  | 170 | 3
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 |  Baku, Azerbaijan | 48 kg | 70 | 74 | ~~76~~ |  | 90 | ~~93~~ | 93 |  | 166 |

## References

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1. ^ a b c "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.

## External links

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* Saziye Erdogan at the International Weightlifting Federation
* Saziye Okur at the International Weightlifting Federation
* Saziye Okur at Weightlifting Database (in German)

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World Champions in Weightlifting – Women's Flyweight (45 kg)

* 1987:  Cai Jun (CHN)
* 1988:  Xing Fen (CHN)
* 1989:  Xing Fen (CHN)
* 1990:  Wu Xiangmei (CHN)
* 1991:  Xing Fen (CHN)
* 1992:  Guan Hong (CHN)
* 1993:  Chu Nan-mei (TPE)
* 1994:  Yun Yanhong (CHN)
* 1995:  Guan Hong (CHN)
* 1996:  Guan Hong (CHN)
* 1997:  Liu Ling (CHN)
* 1998:  Li Yunli (CHN)
* 1999:  Donka Mincheva (BUL)
* 2001:  Gao Wei (CHN)
* 2002:  Wang Mingjuan (CHN)
* 2003:  Wang Mingjuan (CHN)
* 2005:  Wang Mingjuan (CHN)
* 2006:  Yang Lian (CHN)
* 2007:  Chen Xiexia (CHN)
* 2009:  Wang Mingjuan (CHN)
* 2010:  Sibel Özkan (TUR)
* 2011:  Tian Yuan (CHN)
* 2013:  Tan Yayun (CHN)
* 2014:  Tan Yayun (CHN)
* 2015:  Jiang Huihua (CHN)
* 2017:  Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND)
* 2018:  Ýulduz Jumabaýewa (TKM)
* 2019:  Şaziye Erdoğan (TUR)
* 2021:  Thanyathon Sukcharoen (THA)
* 2022:  Thanyathon Sukcharoen (THA)
* 2023:  Chayuttra Pramongkhol (THA)
* 2024:  Zhao Jinhong (CHN)

* 44 kg (1987–1992)
* 46 kg (1993–1997)
* 48 kg (1998–2017)
* 45 kg (2018–)

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