Mehmet Yılmaz (weightlifter)

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Mehmet Yılmaz
Personal information
Born (1974-04-09) 9 April 1974 (age 50)
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight76.13 kg (167.8 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
SportWeightlifting
Weight class77 kg
TeamNational team
Updated on 17 September 2016.

Mehmet Yılmaz (born 9 April 1974) is a Turkish male weightlifter, competing in the 77 kg category and representing Turkey at international competitions. He participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 76 kg event and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 77 kg event.[1] He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]

Major results[edit]

  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2002 European Championships Middleweight class (360.0 kg)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2004 European Championships Middleweight class (360.0 kg).
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2000 Australia Sydney, Australia 77 kg — — 10
1996 Australia Sydney, Australia 76 kg — — DNF
World Championships
2003 Canada Vancouver, Canada 77 kg 160 160 160 --- 190 195 197.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 ---
1999 Greece Piraeus, Greece 77 kg 160 165 165 10 190 195 195 15 350 11
1998 Finland Lahti, Finland 77 kg 157.5 162.5 165 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 185 195 195 7 360 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mehmet Yılmaz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ "2003 Weightlifting World Championships – Mehmet Yilmaz". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

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