Sibel Özkan
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Özkan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
March 3, 1988 Afyonkarahisar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5.1 ft) (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 48 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Sibel Özkan (born March 3, 1988 in Afyonkarahisar) is a Turkish Olympic medalist weightlifter competing in the Women's 48 kg division. She is 1.55 m (5.1 ft) tall and weighs 48 kg (106 lb).
Personal life
She was born on March 3, 1988 to Ramazan and his wife to Kezban in Kozluca village of Afyonkarahisar, Turkey as the youngest of three siblings. As she was three years of age, her parents divorced. Unable to look after her children, the mother placed Sİbel's brother Bülent, at that time four years old, and Özgür, who was five years old, into a children's dormitory in Afyonkarahisar. However, Sibel had to be moved to another city, since the orphanage was only for boys. She was put in a children's home in Konya.[1]
Her mother Kezban Özkan died one year after she placed her children in orphanages. Sibel's brothers joined her in the same orphanage in Konya two years later.[1]
As she was 13 years of age, Sibel shifted to another orphanage in the same city. There, she started to perform sports with judo. However, her interest changed soon to weightlifting despite her brother's opposition. She was trained by Süreyya Horasanlı and Sami Özsu, becoming successful at national and international championships in the 48 kg category.[1] Sibel is member of the weightlifting-specialized sports club of Kuyulusebil Halter İhtisas S.K. in Konya.[2]
After finishing the high school at the age of 18, she attended Gaziosmanpaşa University in Tokat to study physical education and sports, where she is still a student.[3]
In 2009, Sibel married to Ömer Öz, a medal-winning Turkish weightlifter,[4][5] whom she was engaged to since 2006. The couple separated the same year.[6]
Achievements and honours
After coming fourth in the snatch event at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Women's 48 kg, she won her first Olympics silver medal in the Beijing Summer Olympics on August 9, 2008, held at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium coming second to the then winner of the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Women's 48 kg Xiexia Chen. Sibel won the silver medal with 111.0 kg in the Clean and Jerk achieving 199.0 kg in total.
Achieving 117.0 kg in the 48 kg Clean and Jerk category at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships held in Goyang, South Korea, Sibel Özkan became Turkey's first ever female gold medalist in weightlifting at world championships.[7]
Stats and records
| Rank | Event | Year | Venue | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | −48 kg | 2008 |  China, Beijing | 88.0 | 111.0 | 199.0 |
| Rank | Event | Year | Venue | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | –48 kg | 2014 |  Kazakhstan, Almaty | 84.0 | ||
| Silver | 189.0 | |||||
| Silver | –48 kg | 2010 |  Turkey, Antalya | 90.0 | ||
 Bronze | 115.0 | |||||
| Silver | 205.0 | |||||
| Bronze | –48 kg | 2009 |  South Korea, Goyang | 89.0 | ||
 Gold | 117.0 | |||||
| Silver | 206.0 | |||||
| 4 | −48 kg | 2007 |  Thailand Chiang Mai | 84.0 | 108.0 | 192.0 |
| Rank | Event | Year | Venue | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | –48 kg | 2016 |  Norway, Førde | 82.0 | ||
| Gold | 100.0 | |||||
| Gold | 182.0 | |||||
| Bronze | –48 kg | 2015 |  Georgia, Tbilisi | 80.0 | ||
| Gold | 99.0 | |||||
| Gold | 179.0 | |||||
| Silver | −48 kg | 2008 |  Italy, Lignano Sabbiadoro | 86.0 | 110.0 ERJ | 196.0 ERJ |
| 4 | −48 kg | 2007 |  France, Strasbourg | 78.0 | 87.5 | 165.5 |
| 6 | −48 kg | 2005 |  Bulgaria, Sofia | 87.5 | 70.0 | 157.5 |
| Rank | Event | Year | Venue | Snatch | Clean & Jerk |
| Silver | −48 kg | 2013 | Turkey, Mersin | 78.0 | |
| Silver | −48 kg | 2005 |  Spain, Almeria | ? |
Legend:
- ERJ European Record Juniors
References
- 1 2 3 "Ailesi yoktu, kendini spora verdi" (in Turkish). Ankara Haber. 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ↑ "Konya'da olimpiyat sevinci!" (in Turkish). Web Türkiye Forum. Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ↑ "Sibel Özkan, yetiştirme yurdunda kalan gençlere örnek oldu". Sabah (in Turkish). 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ↑ "Sibel Özkan ortadan kayboldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ↑ "Congratulation to Olympic Silver Medallist Ozkan". IWF International Weightlifting Federation. 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ↑ "Sibel SMS ile boşandı". Ajans Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ↑ "Sibel Özkan Öz'den altın madalya". Ihlas Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 2009-11-21. Retrieved 2009-11-21.