Gamze Altun

Gamze Altun
Personal information
Born (2003-07-29) 29 July 2003 (age 21)
Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Weight class45 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Sofia 45 kg
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Guadalajara 45 kg

Gamze Altun (born 29 July 2003) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 45 kg division. She is a native of Tarsus, Mersin, southern Turkey.[1]

Sport career

Altun took the siver medal in the 45 kg clean and jerk event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.[2][3] At the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she won the gold medal in the Clean & Jerk event with 92 kg and the silver medal in total with 157 kg. Her lift in Clean & Jerk became the new European U23 record.[4]

Year Competition Venue Weight Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
(kg) Rank (kg) Rank (kg) Rank
2023 European Championships Armenia Yerevan, Armenia 45 kg 63 5th 89 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 152 4th
2024 European Championships Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria 45 kg 65 5th 92
EU23R		 1st place, gold medalist(s) 157 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Tarsuslu halterciler madalyayla döndüler". Habertürk (in Turkish). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Avrupa Halter Şampiyonası'na madalyalı başlangıç". Son Dakika (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Milli Sporculardan 4 Madalya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Halter Federasyonu. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  4. ^ Çakmak, Fatih (12 February 2024). "Avrupa Halter Şampiyonası'nda 45 kiloda Cansu Bektaş birinci, Gamze Altun ikinci oldu". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 February 2024.