Hurşit Atak

Hurşit Atak

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1991-05-24) May 24, 1991 (age 33) Şırnak, Turkey
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	–62 kg
Club	ASKİ Sports Club, Ankara
Medal record European Championships 2016 Førde –62 kg 2017 Split –62 kg 2011 Kazan –62 kg World Junior Championships 2010 Sofia –62 kg

Hurşit Atak (born May 24, 1991) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the −62 kg division.[1] He is a native of Şırnak in southeastern Turkey.[2] Currently, he is a member of the ASKİ Sports Club in Ankara.[3]

Career

Hırşit Atak was born to a village guard father in Şırnak on May 23, 1991. He has fourteen siblings, one of them being his twin brother.[4]

Atak became champion already at the national high school tournament held 2005 in Konya. In 2006, he became national champion in his age category in Aydın.[2]

At the 2010 World Junior Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria, he won three silver medals in the 62 kg division.[1] Atak won the silver medal in the Clean&Jerk category and the bronze medal lifting 289.0 kg in total at the 2011 European Championships in Kazan, Russia.[4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished in 5th in the -62 kg division, with a total 302 kg.[5] He won the gold medal in Clean&Jerk and in total at the 2016 European Championships held in Førde, Norway.[6]

Medals

European Championships

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Gold	–62 kg		170.0		Norway, Førde	Apr 10–16, 2016
Gold				296.0
Silver	–62 kg		161.0		Russia, Kazan	Apr 11–17, 2011
Bronze				289.0

World Junior Championships

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Silver	–62 kg	126.0			Bulgaria, Sofia	June 11–20, 2010
Silver			160.0
Silver				286.0

References

1. "Hurşit Atak' tan 3 Gümüşlü Dünya İkinciliği..." (in Turkish). Türkiye Halter Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
2. "Haltercilerin Hedefi Büyük". Şırnak Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2011-04-16.
3. "Hurşit Çok Atak!..." (in Turkish). ASKİ Spor. Retrieved 2011-04-16.^[permanent dead link‍]
4. "15 kardeşli şampiyon". EuroSport (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-04-12.
5. "Hursit Atak Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
6. "Avrupa Halter Şampiyonası'nda Türkiye'den 3 altın madalya". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

External links

• Hurşit Atak at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Hurşit Atak at the International Weightlifting Results Project
• Hurşit Atak at Olympics.com
• Hurşit Atak at Olympic.org (archived)
• Hurşit Atak at Olympedia (archive)