Cansu Bektaş

Cansu Bektaş
Personal information
Born (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 21)
Giresun, Turkey
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Weight class45 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
2023 Riyadh 45 kg
European Championships
2023 Yerevan 45 kg
2024 Sofia 45 kg
2022 Tirana 45 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2021 Konya 45 kg S
2021 Konya 45 kg CJ
2021 Konya 45 kg T
World Junior Championships
2021 Tashkent 45 kg
2023 Guadalajara 45 kg
2022 Heraklion 45 kg
European Junior Championships
2022 Durrës 45 kg
Youth World Championships
2019 Las Vegas 40 kg
European Youth Championships
2019 Eilat 40 kg

Cansu Bektaş (born 23 November 2003) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 45 kg division. She is two-time European champion anda European Youth, Juniors and U23 record holder.

Sport career

Bektaş won the silver medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania. She took three silver medals at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey. At the e 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, she captured three gold medals in snatch, clean&jerk and total, breakinge European records for Juniors with 72 kg in snatch, 90  in clean&jerk and 162 kg in total. At the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she won the gold medal in the Snatch event with 75 kg, the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk event with 88 kg and the gold medal in total with 163 kg. Her total lift became the new European U23 record.

Year Competition Venue Weight Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
(kg) Rank (kg) Rank (kg) Rank
2019 Youth World Championships Las Vegas, United States 40 kg 54 63 120
European Youth Championships Eilat, Israel 40 kg 55
EYR
67
EYR
122
EYR
2021 World Junior Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 45 kg 70 84 154
2022 World Junior Championships Heraklion, Greece 45 kg 65 85 150
European Championships Tirana, Albania 45 kg 68 4 85 153
Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 45 kg 65 86 151
European Junior & U23 Championships Durrës, Albania 45 kg 70 87 157
2023 European Championships Yerevan, Armenia 45 kg 72
EJR
90
EJR
162
EJR
World Championships Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 45 kg 75 87 162
2024 European Championships Sofia, Bulgaria 45 kg 75 88 163
EU23R

Personal life

Cansu Bektaş , born on 23 November 2003, is a native of Giresun, northern Turkey. She attended Atatürk Anatolian High School in her hometown. She studies coaching in the Selçuk University Sports Sciences Faculty.

References

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