Taner_Sağır
Taner Sağır
Turkish weightlifter
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 | (1985-03-13) 13 March 1985 (age 39) 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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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]
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.
On 30 August 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]
Olympics
World Championships
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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 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 |
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| 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
2004 World ranking list for the category "Men 77 kg" is as following:
- "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.
- Taner Sağır at Lift Up
- Taner Sağır at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Taner Sağır at Olympedia
