Çiğdem Dede

Çiğdem Dede
Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	February 27, 1980 (age 41); Gaziantep, Turkey
Weight	43 kg (95 lb) (2012)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Powerlifting
Event(s)	44 kg
Club	Ankara Guven Spor
Coached by	Emrah Arslan
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	2012
Personal best(s)	106.0 kg (2012)
Medal record
Representing Turkey
Women's powerlifting
Paralympic Games

Çiğdem Dede (born February 27, 1980 in Gaziantep, Turkey) is a Turkish powerlifter competing in the −44 kg division. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Paralympics. She is a dwarf athlete of Ankara Guven Spor, where she is coached by Mustafa Doğan.^[1]^[2]

She became paralyzed at the age of six due to wrong injection given to her leg.^[3]

Career history[]

Çiğdem Dede is high school graduate.^[1] She began powerlifting by chance, encouraged by a weightlifting coach in 2009, and then received the support of her family. That year, Dede ranked fourth at the IPC World Championship. She became national champion in 2010 and 2011. At the 2011 Fazaa International Powerlifting Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, she took the gold medal lifting 100.0 kg.^[2]^[4]^[5]

Achievements[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Turkey
2011	Fazaa International Powerlifting Tournament	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	1st	−44 kg	100 kg
2012	Summer Paralympics	London, United Kingdom	2nd	−44 kg	100 kg

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Paralimpik/Halter-Çiğdem Dede" (in Turkish). GSB. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
^ ^a ^b "Çiğdem Dede". BP Londorn 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
^ Özdil, Yılmaz (2012-08-29). "Eli ayağı tutan acizler ülkesinin... İnsanüstü yetenekli milli takımı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-09-06.
^ "Engelli halterciler, Dubai'den madalyalarla döndü". Zaman Spor (in Turkish). 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
^ "IPC Powerlifting Rankings Official World Rankings 2012 Period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 Women's Up to 44.00kg". Paralympics. Retrieved 2012-09-01.

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[gsb-1] "Paralimpik/Halter-Çiğdem Dede" (in Turkish). GSB. Retrieved 2012-09-01.

[bp-2] "Çiğdem Dede". BP Londorn 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-01.

[3] Özdil, Yılmaz (2012-08-29). "Eli ayağı tutan acizler ülkesinin... İnsanüstü yetenekli milli takımı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-09-06.

[4] "Engelli halterciler, Dubai'den madalyalarla döndü". Zaman Spor (in Turkish). 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2012-09-01.

[5] "IPC Powerlifting Rankings Official World Rankings 2012 Period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 Women's Up to 44.00kg". Paralympics. Retrieved 2012-09-01.

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