Berfin Altun

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Berfin ALtun
Personal information
Born (1999-11-01) 1 November 1999 (age 22)
Weight65.38 kg (144.1 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
SportWeightlifting
ClubKağıtspor
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Suva -71 kg
European Junior & U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bucharest -64 kg
Silver medal – second place -63 kg
Updated on 7 April 2021.

Berfin Altun (born 1 November 1999) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the women's –71 kg division.[1] She is a member of Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü.[2]

Major results[]

Altun became silver medalist in the Clean and jerk event and in total at the 2016 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in n Eilat, Israel.[3] At the 2018 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Zamość, Poland, she captured the gold medal in the 69 kg Clean& Jerk event.[4] In 2019, she took the silver medal in the 71 kg Clean & Jerk event and the bronze medal at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Suva, Fiji.[5] At the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania, she won the bronze medal in the -64 kg Snatch event, and gold medals in the Clean & Jerk event, and became champion.[6] She won the bronze medal in the Clean and jerk event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[2][7]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
(kg) 		Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
European Championships
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia -71 kg 85 88 90 17 115 119 121 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 209 6

References[]

  1. ^ "EWF Entry List of Weightlifters Moscow-RUS by Category-list created on 10.04.2021 21:51". European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Kağıtsporlu milli sporce Berfin Altun'dan büyük başarı". Özgür Kocaeli (in Turkish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Türk sporcular halterde 2 gümüş madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). 8 December 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Berfin Altun altın madalya kazandı". Posta (in Turkish). 24 October 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Berfin Altun, Fiji'den madalyayla döndü". Fanatik (in Turkish). 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  6. ^ Sever, Hilmi (23 October 2019). "Milli halterci Berfin Altun'dan altın madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ Karakaya, Abdulkadir (7 April 2021). "Milli halterci Berfin Altun'dan bronz madalya". (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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