Şaziye Okur
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||
| Born |
February 23, 1992 Ankara | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 48 kg | ||||||||||||
| Coached by | Talat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Şaziye Okur (born February 23, 1992 in Ankara)[1] is a Turkish female weightlifter competing in the Women's –48 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]
She was born to a poor family in Ankara, where her father is 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, she broke on July 28 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]
Achievements
| Rank | Event | Year | Venue | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total |
 Bronze | –48 kg | 2010 | Minsk, BLR | 95.0 | 173.0 |
- European Junior Championships
| Rank | Event | Year | Venue | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total |
 Gold | –48 kg | 2009 | Landskrona, SWE | 79.0 ERY | 97.0 ERY | 176.0 ERY |
- Legend
- ERY European Record Youth
References
- 1 2 3 "Hedefi altın madalya". Hürr,yet Spor (in Turkish). 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ↑ "Youth Women's World Records" (PDF). IWF World Championships Wrocław 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
- ↑ "European Junior Weightlifting Campioships Landskrona, Sweden-Results" (PDF). tyngdlyftning. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ↑ "Şaziye Okur'dan 4 rekor" (in Turkish). GS Cimbom. 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ↑ Sanctioned athletes