Cansel Özkan

Cansel Özkan

Personal information
Born	2003 (age 21–22) Niğde, Turkey
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Weight class	59 kg
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing  Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya 59 kg S Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran 59 kg S Junior World Championships 2021 Tashkent 59 kg European Junior & U23 Championships 2021 Rovaniemi 59 kg European Youth Championships 2019 Eilat 59 kg

Cansel Özkan (born 2003) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 59 kg.

Personal life

Cansel Özkan was born in 2003. She has a one-year older sister Aysel. The sisters grew up in the Children's Home Coordination Center (Turkish: Çocuk Evi Koordinasyon Merkezi, ÇEKOM) in Niğde. After their father's death in 2009, the girls moved to Gaziantep following the mother. One year later, they returned to Niğde due to family problems. They were placed in the ÇEKOM again.^[1]

Sport career

Özkan started weightlifting together with her sister.^[1]

She participated at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Las Vegas, United States, where she won the gold medal in the 55 kg snatch event.^[2] The same year, she won the bronze medal in the snatch, the silver medal in the clean & jerk event and the bronze medal in total, competing in the same 59 kg division with her sister,at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Eilat, Israel.^[3] She took the silver medals in the 59 kg snatch event and in total at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[4] At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, she received the silver medal in the 59 kg snatch event and the bronze medal in total.^[5] She was not successful at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as well as at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece. In the 59 kg snatch event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, she took the bronze medal.^[6] Özkan won the bronze medal in the snatch event of the 59 kg division at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.^[7]

References

1. Özku Abdullah (24 February 2021). "Çocuk Evleri'nde büyüyen halterci kardeşler, madalyalarla vefa borçlarını ödemek istiyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 April 2023.
2. Erel, Fatih (11 March 2019). "Turkish weightlifter wins gold in youth championships". Anadolu News Agency. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
3. "Halterci ikizler İsrail'den madalyayla döndü". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
4. "Dünya Gençler Halter Şampiyonası'nda ikinci olan Cansel Özkan, Konya'da". Yeni Meram (in Turkish). 28 May 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
5. Boztepe, Muhammed (26 September 2021). "Milli halterci Cansel Özkan, Gençler Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda üçüncü oldu". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 April 2023.
6. "Milli halterci Cansel Özkan bronz madalya kazandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
7. "5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 12 August 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2023.