Nurcan Taylan

Nurcan Taylan

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1983-10-29) October 29, 1983 (age 37) Ankara, Turkey
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	– 48 kg
Club	Yenimahalle Sports Club, Ankara
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 97.5 kg (2004) Clean and jerk: 112.5 kg (2004) Total: 210 kg (2004)
hide Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens – 48 kg World Championships Disqualified 2010 Antalya –48 kg 2002 Warsaw –48 kg 2003 Vancouver –48 kg Disqualified 2009 Goyang –48 kg European Championships 2003 Loutraki –53 kg 2004 Kiev –53 kg 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro –48 kg Disqualified 2009 Bucharest –48 kg Disqualified 2010 Minsk –48 kg Disqualified 2011 Kazan –48 kg 2007 Strasbourg –48 kg Disqualified 2014 Tel Aviv –48 kg Disqualified 2015 Tbilisi –48 kg 2002 Antalya –48 kg Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería – 53 kg Disqualified 2009 Pescara – 53 kg

Nurcan Taylan (born October 29, 1983 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record (and tied two more world records). She was banned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid Methandienone for two years starting on 26 October 2011.

Career[]

She was born in Mamak, Ankara as the third child of a poor family from the town of Hafik in Sivas, Central Anatolia. Taylan was discovered at age of eleven by the Turkish national athlete and her later coach Mehmet Üstündağ as he was her teacher in physical education at the Mamak Secondary School in Ankara.^{[citation needed]}

Only 1.52 m (5 ft) tall, she lifted two World and five Olympic records in the women’s 48 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Taylan is Turkey's first ever female Olympic gold medalist.^[1]

Scandals[]

In September 2004, a Turkish court ordered the arrest of the coach of the Turkish women’s weightlifting team, , after three female athletes filed complaints of sexual harassment against him. In court, Üstündağ denied allegations of repeated physical sexual molestation going back several years, fielded by Sibel Şimşek, Aylin Daşdelen and Şule Şahbaz, all of them members of the Turkish women's team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

But the court ordered him to be placed under detention in view of the "alleged crime's nature, the evidence collected and feelings of anger it has inspired in the public". The allegations first hit the media in early September when the three athletes gave extensive interviews to newspapers and television channels. Daşdelen told a television news program that Üstündağ also made it a habit of "beating" his charges, going so far as to blame the trainer for the 1999 suicide of teammate . The only support for Üstündağ came from Taylan, who in turn "accused" her three teammates of being lesbians. Turkish sports officials immediately launched an official investigation. Üstündağ had come under investigation on similar charges four years ago, but the evidence was inconclusive. The Turkish Weightlifting Federation did not allow Taylan to participate at the 2005 European Weightlifting Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Doping case[]

She was banned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid Methandienone for four years starting on 26 October 2011. Taylan missed the London Olympics.^[2][3]

In October 2012, her suspension was shortened to two years that would allow her to return to action on 26 October 2013.^[4]

DQ and change results[]

Taylan disqualified (DQ) and all results were invalidated from 2008 Summer Olympics to 2016 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Major results[]

Year	Venue	Weight	Rank
			Snatch	Cl&Jerk	Total
Olympic Games
2004	Greece	48 kg	—	—
2008	China	48 kg	—	—	NM
World Championships
2002	Poland	48 kg
2003	Canada	48 kg		5
2007	Thailand	48 kg		NM	NM
2009	South Korea	48 kg
2010	Turkey	48 kg
2014	Kazakhstan	48 kg		4
2015	United States	48 kg	19	21	20
Mediterranean Games
2005	Spain	53 kg			—
2009	Italy	53 kg			—
European Championships
2002	Turkey	48 kg
2003	Greece	53 kg
2004	Ukraine	53 kg
2007	France	48 kg
2008	Italy	48 kg
2009	Romania	48 kg
2010	Belarus	48 kg
2011	Russia	48 kg
2014	Israel	48 kg	4
2015	Georgia	48 kg		4
2016	Norway	48 kg		5	4

Achievements[]

Olympic Games

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Gold	48 kg	97.5 CWR		210.0 WR	Athens, GRE	Aug 14, 2004
Silver	48 kg		112.5

World Championships

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Gold	48 kg	93.0	121.0 WR	214.0	Antalya, TUR	Sep 18, 2010
Silver	48 kg	90.0	115.0		Goyang, KOR	Nov 21, 2009
Bronze	48 kg			205.0
Silver	48 kg	87.5	105.0	192.5	Warsaw, POL	Nov 19, 2002
Bronze	48 kg	85.0		187.5	Vancouver, B.C., CAN	Nov 18, 2003
5	48 kg		102.5

European Championships

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Gold	48 kg	90.0	105.0	195.0	Kazan, RUS	Apr 11, 2011
Gold	48 kg	90.0	118.0	208.0	Minsk, BLR	Apr 5, 2010
Gold	48 kg	88.0	108.0	196.0	Bucharest, ROM	Apr 6, 2009
Gold	48 kg	87.0	109.0	196.0	Lignano Sabbiadoro, ITA	Apr 2, 2008
Gold	53 kg	95.5 ER	115.5 ER	210.0	Kiev, UKR	Apr 20, 2004
Gold	J 53 kg	95.0 ER	115.0 ER	210.0 ER	Loutraki, GRE	Apr 15, 2003
Gold	J 48 kg	87.5 ER	105.0 ER	192.5 ER	Warsaw, POL	Nov 19, 2002

Mediterranean Games

Rank	Discipline	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
Gold	53 kg	87.0 MR	108.0 MR		Almería, ESP	Jun 26, 2005

• J: Junior
• CWR: Current world record
• WR: World record
• ER: European record
• MR: Mediterranean record

World rank[]

2004 World ranking list for the category "Women 48 kg" is as following:

Rank	Athlete	Snatch	Clean&Jerk	Total	Place	Date
1	Nurcan Taylan, TUR	97.5	112.5	210.0	Athens, GRE	Aug 14, 2004
2	, CHN	90.0	115.0	205.0	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Apr 7, 2004
3	, CHN	90.0	110.0	200.0	Minsk, BLR	May 24, 2004
3=	Aree Wiratthaworn, THA	85.0	115.0	200.0	Athens, GRE	Aug 14 2004

References[]

External links[]

• International Weightlifting Federation
• Results