Mehtap Kurnaz

Mehtap Kurnaz

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1995-05-01) May 1, 1995 (age 29)
Height	1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	63 kg

Mehtap Kurnaz (born May 1, 1995) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 63 kg division.[1][2]

Kurnaz took part at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan without having success.[3] She won the bronze medal in the clean and jerk event lifting 108 kg in the women's 63 kg division at the 2014 European Junior and Under-23 Weightlifting Championships held in Cyprus. In the snatch event, she ranked fifth by lifting 88 kg. In the total, she missed the bronze medal by 1 kg with her result of 196 kg.[4]

In 2015, she won three gold medals at the 3rd Weightlifting Championship of Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation in Antalya, Turkey by lifting 83 kg in the snatch, 100 kg in the clean&jerk event and so 183 kg in total.[5][6] She participated at the 2015 European Weightlifting Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia ranking fifth.[7]

Kurnaz attended the Olympic Preparation Center (TOHM) in Konya.[1] She earned a quota spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]

References

1. "Konya TOHM" (in Turkish). Türkiye Halter Federasyonu. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
2. "Mehtap Kurnaz". Counting Kilos. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
3. "Mehtap Kurbaz sıfır çekti!". Spor X (in Turkish). 12 November 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
4. "Mehtap Kurnaz Silkmede Bronz Madalya Kazandı" (in Turkish). İstanbul Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
5. "Halterde Madalya Yağmuru Devam Ediyor". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 14 March 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
6. "Mehtap Kurnaz'dan 3 altın madalya!". Ajans Spor (in Turkish). 14 March 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
7. "Mehtap Kurnaz Tiflis'te 5. Oldu". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 16 April 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
8. "Türkiye'nin Rio kadrosu belli oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 18 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.