Mete Binay

Mete Binay

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1985-01-19) 19 January 1985 (age 39) Emirseyit, Tokat, Turkey
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	–69 kg
Medal record World Championships 2010 Antalya –69 kg European Championships 2010 Minsk –69 kg

Mete Binay (born 19 January 1985 in Emirseyit, Tokat) is a Turkish world champion weightlifter competing in the –69 kg division.

He won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Weightlifting Championships held in Minsk, Belarus, gold medal at the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships held in Antalya, Turkey and gold medal in snatch event at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships held in Paris, France.

On 3 July 2020 the International Olympic Committee disqualified Binay from the 2012 Olympic Games, and struck his results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2012.[1]

Medals

World Championships

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Gold	–69 kg	160.0			Antalya, Turkey	Sep 21, 2010
Gold				335.0
Gold	–69 kg	157.0			Paris, France	Nov 8, 2011

European Championships

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Gold	–69 kg	154.0			Kazan, Russia	Apr 11-17, 2011
Silver	–69 kg	149.0			Minsk, Belarus	Apr 2-11, 2010[2]
Bronze				314.0

References

1. "International Olympic Committee Disciplinary Commission decision regarding Mete Binay" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
2. "European Seniors Weighlifting Championship 2010" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2010-04-10.^[permanent dead link‍]

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation