Şaziye Okur’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Turkish female weightlifter
Is Athlete 
Weightlifter 
From Turkey 
Type Sports 
Gender female
Birth 23 February 1992, Ankara
Age: 28 years

Şaziye Okur (born February 23, 1992 in Ankara) 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.
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.
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.
She is trained by Talat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül.
In 2013, Okur was banned from international competition by the International Weightlifting Federation for 2 years for use of anabolic steroid Stanozolol.

Achievements

European Championships
Rank Event Year Venue Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
03 ! Bronze –48 kg 2010 Minsk, BLR 95.0 173.0
European Junior Championships
Rank Event Year Venue Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
01 ! Gold –48 kg 2009 Landskrona, SWE 79.0 ERY 97.0 ERY 176.0 ERY
Legend
  • ERY European Record Youth
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