Taner Sağır (born 13 March 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. He is seen as a great talent by authorities.
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 March 1985 Kardzhali, Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –77 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Demirspor Club, Ankara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Muharrem Süleymanoğlu and Osman Nuri Vural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early years
editHe 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
editSağır, 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. [1]
Family life
editOn 30 August 2008 he married Sibel Güler, a two-time European taekwondo champion and a fellow immigrant from Bulgaria. The couple has a child. The family resides in Ankara on a street named after him.[2]
Medals
editOlympics
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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 Gold |
–77 kg | 172.5 | 202.5 | 375.0 | Athens, GRE | 19 August 2004 |
World Championships
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold |
–77 kg | 166.0 | 195.0 | 361.0 | Santo Domingo, DOM | 3 October 2006 |
| Gold |
J –77 kg | 160.0 | 195.5 JWR | 355.0 JWR | Hermosillo, MEX | 1 June 2003 |
European Championships
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold |
–77 kg | 167.5 | 192.5 | 360.0 | Sofia, BUL | 22 April 2005 |
| Gold |
–77 kg | 167.5 | 200.0 | 367.5 | Kyiv, UKR | 20 April 2004 |
| Gold |
J –69 kg | 147.5 | 175.0 | 322.5 | Havířov, CZE | 29 May 2002 |
| Gold |
Y –69 kg | Stavanger, NOR | 30 July 2001 | |||
 Silver |
Y –59 kg | Košice, SVK | 24 August 2000 |
- Y: Youth (under 16)
- J: Junior
- JWR: Junior World record
World rank
edit2004 World ranking list for the category "Men 77 kg" is as following:
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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| 1 | Taner Sağır, TUR | 172.5 | 202.5 | 375.0 | Athens, GRE | 19 August 2004 |
| 2 | Sergey Filimonov, KAZ | 172.5 | 200.0 | 372.5 | Athens, GRE | 19 August 2004 |
| 3 | Oleg Perepetchenov, RUS | 170.0 | 195.0 | 365.0 | Athens, GRE | 19 August 2004 |
References
edit- ^ "Taner Sağır: Olimpiyatlar her şeyi değiştirdi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
- ^ "Şampiyonlar evlendi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
External links
edit- Taner Sağır at Lift Up
- Taner Sağır at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Taner Sağır at Olympedia
