Mehmet Yılmaz (weightlifter)

Mehmet Yılmaz
Personal information
Born (1974-04-09) 9 April 1974
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 76.13 kg (167.8 lb)
Sport
Country  Turkey
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class 77 kg
Team National 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

  • 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 2002 European Championships Middleweight class (360.0 kg)
  • 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2004 European Championships Middleweight class (360.0 kg).
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123Rank123Rank
Summer Olympics
2000Australia Sydney, Australia77 kgN/AN/A10
1996Australia Sydney, Australia76 kgN/AN/ADNF
World Championships
2003Canada Vancouver, Canada77 kg160 160 160 ---190 195197.5 2nd, silver medalist(s)0---
1999Greece Piraeus, Greece77 kg160165 165 10190195 195 1535011
1998Finland Lahti, Finland77 kg157.5162.5 1652nd, silver medalist(s)185195 19573603rd, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Mehmet Yılmaz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. ↑ "2003 Weightlifting World Championships – Mehmet Yilmaz". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.


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