Sibel Şimşek

Sibel Şimşek

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1984-10-10) October 10, 1984 (age 40) Osmancık, Çorum
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	63 kg
Club	Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü
Coached by	Mehmet Üstündağ
Medal record World Championships 2010 Antalya –63 kg 2009 Goyang –63 kg European Championships 2004 Kyiv –69 kg 2009 Bucharest –63 kg 2010 Minsk –63 kg 2012 Antalya –63 kg 2007 Strasbourg –63 kg 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro –63 kg 2011 Kazan –63 kg Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin S –63 kg 2009 Pescara –63 kg 2013 Mersin C&J –63 kg

Sibel Şimşek (pronounced [ˈsiːbel ˈʃiːmʃec]; born October 10, 1984, in Osmancık Çorum, Turkey) is a European champion Turkish weightlifter competing in the Women's 63 kg division. She is 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 62 kg (137 lb).[1]

Şimşek is a member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü. She is trained by Mehmet Üstündağ.[2]

On 12 January 2017 it was announced that because of a doping violation she had been disqualified from the 2012 Olympic Games.[3]

Achievements

https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=simsek-sibel-1984-10-10&id=616

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Venue	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total
Disqualified	63	2012	London, GBR	105	130	235
	69	2004	Athens, GRE	No Lift	X	X

[4][5]

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Venue	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total
Silver	63	2010	Antalya, TUR	111.0
Silver	63	2010	Antalya, TUR			241.0
Silver	63	2009	Goyang, KOR		135.0
Bronze	63	2009	Goyang, KOR	108.0	135.0	243.0
7	63	2007	Chiang Mai, THA

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Venue	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total
Gold	63	2012	Antalya, TUR	100.0	125.0	225.0
Gold	63	2010	Minsk, BLR	110.0	134.0	244.0[6]
Gold	63	2009	Bucharest, ROM	108.0	128.0	236.0
Silver	63	2008	Lignano Sabbiadoro, ITA	105.0	121.0	226.0
Silver	63	2007	Strasbourg, FRA	98.0	117.0	215.0

[7]

Mediterranean Games

2009

2013 after DSQ

References

1. "Athletes-Sibel Şimşek". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
2. "Madalya avcıları". Milliyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009. Alt URL
3. "IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". IOC. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
4. "Olympic athletes-Sibel Simsek". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
5. "IWF awaiting CAS and IOC verdicts before pressing ahead with weightlifting suspensions". 30 September 2016.
6. "8 Gram ile Avrupa Şampiyonu: Sibel Şimşek". Spor Stüdyosu (in Turkish). 8 April 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
7. "Weightlifting-Simsek, Sibel". The Sports Org. Retrieved 12 April 2009.