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Turkish weightlifter (born 2002)
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Personal information
Born (2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 22)
Seyhan, Adana, Turkey
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Weight class81 kg
ClubAdana G.S.K.
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Yerevan 81 kg C&J
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Heraklion 87 kg C&J
European Junior & U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Durrës 87 kg J
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rovaniemi 81 kg J
European Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Eilat 71 kg

Sara Yenigün (born 1 October 2002) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 81 kg division.

Personal life

Born on 1 October 2002, Sara Yenigün is a native of Seyhan, Adana. She attended Şehit Zafer Oluk Middle School in her hometown. After completing her secondary education, she started studying Sport coaching at the Physical Education College of the Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University.

Sport career

Yenigün was impressed while watching students exercising this sport in her school. Although told by the boys that this sport is not for girls, she started weightlifting with the advice of her gym teacher in 2015. The same year, she became champion in the 58 kg division of her age category at the Turkish Intraschool Championships. In 2021, she became the Turkish Juniors champion in the 81 kg, and in 2022 Turkish senior women champion in the 87 kg division.

She is a member of Adana Gençlik Spor Club, and exercise in the Olympics Preparation Center (TOHM) in Konya.

Yenigün debuted internationally in Europe championships in 2017, and competed in 2018 as well. She received the silver medal in the 71 kg clean & jerk event and the bronze medal in total at the 2019 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in Eilat, Israel. She competed in the 88 kg division at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan ranking fifth. The same year in Rovaniemi, Finnland, she won the bronze medal in the snatch, the gold medal in the clean & jerk event taking the silver medal in total of the Juniors 81 kg division. Despite the serious injuries she suffered in 2022, she captured all three gold medals that year in the Juniors 87 kg division at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Durrës, Albania. She took the bronze medal in the 87 kg clean & jerk event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece. She took the bronze medal in the 81 kg clean & jerk event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Weight Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
(kg) Rank (kg) Rank (kg) Rank
2019 European Youth Championships Israel Eilat, Israel 71 kg 87 4th 113 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 200 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021 European Junior & U23 Championships Finland Rovaniemi, Finland 81 kg 91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 122 1st place, gold medalist(s) 212 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022 European Junior & U23 Championships Albania Durrës, Albania 87 kg 95 1st place, gold medalist(s) 123 1st place, gold medalist(s) 218 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior World Championships Greece Heraklion, Greecw 87 kg 90 9th 127 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 217 6th
2023 European Championships Armenia Yerevan, Armenia 81 kg 100 4th 131 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 231 4th

References

  1. ^ "Sara Yenigün hedefine dünya şampiyonluğunu koydu". Gazete (in Turkish). 21 June 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Sara Yenigün" (in Turkish). Konya Gençlik ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. Markupçu, Hakan (1 October 2021). "Konyalı halterciler Avrupa ikincisi". Yeni Meram (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. Özkul, Abdullah (14 November 2022). "Milli halterci Sara Yenigün, sakatlıktan kurtulup 3 altın madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  5. Uğur, Hüseyin Avni (11 May 2022). "Sara Yenigün, Dünya üçüncüsü oldu". Yeni Meram (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  6. "Halterde Dilara Narin ve Sara Yenigün'den 4 madalya". Sözcü (in Turkish). 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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