Taner Sağır

Taner Sağır
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born (1985-03-13) March 13, 1985
Kardzhali, Bulgaria
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 77 kg
Club Demirspor Club, Ankara
Coached by Muharrem Süleymanoğlu and Osman Nuri Vural

Taner Sağır (born March 13, 1985 in Kardzhali, Bulgaria) is a Turkish world and Olympic weightlifting champion. Coming into Athens as holder of all the junior world records at the age of only 19, he broke the Olympic records in the category 77 kg snatch, clean and jerk and total to become the youngest Olympic champion in weightlifting history. He is seen as a great talent by authorities.

Early years

He was born in Bulgaria to parents of Turkish ethnicity. In 1989, the family emigrated to Turkey where they settled first in the Batıkent neighborhood of Yenimahalle, Ankara before later moving to Pursaklar, Ankara. In 1994, Taner began weightlifting in Pursaklar. Taner Sağır is the younger brother of Olympic weightlifter Nezir Sağır.[1]

Sports career

Sağır, 1.70 m tall, is a student of physical education and sports. Muharrem Süleymanoğlu and Osman Nuri Vural coach him at the Demirspor Club in Ankara, Turkey.

As he is somewhat baby-faced, he was in a few commercials at the Athens Olympics in 2004.

He did not finish after three failures in the snatch event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

He has not competed in a major event since 2008, owing to a spinal disc injury.

Family life

On August 30, 2008, he married Sibel Güler, a two-time European taekwondo champion and also an immigrant from Bulgaria. The couple has a child. The family resides in Ankara on a street named after him.[2]

Medals

Olympics

RankDisciplineSnatchClean and jerkTotalPlaceDate
 Gold 77 kg172.5202.5375.0Athens, GREAug 19, 2004

World Championships

RankDisciplineSnatchClean and jerkTotalPlaceDate
 Gold 77 kg166.0195.0361.0Santo Domingo, DOMOct 3, 2006
 Gold J 77 kg160.0195.5 JWR355.0 JWRHermosillo, MEXJun 1, 2003

European Championships

RankDisciplineSnatchClean and jerkTotalPlaceDate
 Gold 77 kg167.5192.5360.0Sofia, BULApr 22, 2005
 Gold 77 kg167.5 200.0 367.5Kiev, UKRApr 20, 2004
 Gold J 69 kg147.5175.0322.5 Havířov, CZE May 29, 2002
 Gold Y 69 kg Stavanger, NORJul 30, 2001
 Silver Y 59 kg Košice, SVKAug 24, 2000

World rank

2004 World ranking list for the category "Men 77 kg" is as following:

RankDisciplineSnatchClean and jerkTotalPlaceDate
1Taner Sağır, TUR 172.5202.5375.0Athens, GREAug 19, 2004
2Sergey Filimonov, KAZ172.5200.0372.5Athens, GREAug 19, 2004
3Oleg Perepetchenov, RUS170.0195.0365.0Athens, GREAug 19, 2004

References

  1. "Taner Sağır: Olimpiyatlar her şeyi değiştirdi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  2. "Şampiyonlar evlendi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2012-12-15.

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