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Nurcan Taylan

Nurcan Taylan (born 29 October 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.

Nurcan Taylan
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1983-10-29) 29 October 1983 (age 40)
Ankara, Turkey
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWeightlifting
Event– 48 kg
ClubYenimahalle Sports Club, Ankara
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 97.5 kg (2004)
  • Clean and jerk: 112.5 kg (2004)
  • Total: 210 kg (2004)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens – 48 kg
World Championships
Disqualified 2010 Antalya –48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2002 Warsaw –48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Vancouver –48 kg
Disqualified 2009 Goyang –48 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Loutraki –53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2004 Kyiv –53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro –48 kg
Disqualified 2009 Bucharest –48 kg
Disqualified 2010 Minsk –48 kg
Disqualified 2011 Kazan –48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Strasbourg –48 kg
Disqualified 2014 Tel Aviv –48 kg
Disqualified 2015 Tbilisi –48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Antalya –48 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería – 53 kg
Disqualified 2009 Pescara – 53 kg

Career edit

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 aged 11 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 edit

In September 2004, a Turkish court ordered the arrest of the coach of the Turkish women's weightlifting team, Mehmet Üstündağ, 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 Esma Can. 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 edit

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 edit

Taylan was disqualified (DQ) and all results were invalidated from 2008 Summer Olympics to 2016 Summer Olympics.[5][6][7][8]

Major results edit

https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=taylan-nurcan-1983-10-29&id=91

  • Team Points: 28-25-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 25th place for the individual lifts and the total.

Disqualified from 24 Medals:

  1. 2G,5S,1B (8 Medals) in World Championships
  2. 10G,2S,2B (14 Medals) in Euro Championships
  3. 2G (2 Medals) in Mediterranean Games
Year Venue Weight Rank
Snatch Cl&Jerk Total Team Points
Olympic Games
2004   Greece 48 kg — —   —
2008   China 48 kg — — NM —
World Championships
2002   Poland 48 kg       75
2003   Canada 48 kg   5   67
2007   Thailand 48 kg   NM NM 23
2009   South Korea 48 kg       73
2010   Turkey 48 kg       81
2014   Kazakhstan 48 kg   4   72
2015   United States 48 kg 19 21 20 18
Mediterranean Games
2005   Spain 53 kg     — —
2009   Italy 53 kg     — —
European Championships
2002   Turkey 48 kg       71
2003   Greece 53 kg       84
2004   Ukraine 53 kg       84
2007   France 48 kg       73
2008   Italy 48 kg       78
2009   Romania 48 kg       84
2010   Belarus 48 kg       84
2011   Russia 48 kg       84
2014   Israel 48 kg 4     70
2015   Georgia 48 kg   4   75
2016   Norway 48 kg   5 4 66

Achievements edit

Olyimpic Games
Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
  Gold 48 kg 97.5 CWR 210.0 WR Athens, GRE August 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 18 September 2010
  Silver 48 kg 90.0 115.0 Goyang, KOR November 21, 2009
  Bronze 48 kg 205.0
  Silver 48 kg 87.5 105.0 192.5 Warsaw, POL 19 November 2002
  Bronze 48 kg 85.0 187.5 Vancouver, B.C., CAN November 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 11 April 2011
  Gold 48 kg 90.0 118.0 208.0 Minsk, BLR 5 April 2010
  Gold 48 kg 88.0 108.0 196.0 Bucharest, ROM 6 April 2009
  Gold 48 kg 87.0 109.0 196.0 Lignano Sabbiadoro, ITA 2 April 2008
  Gold 53 kg 95.5 ER 115.5 ER 210.0 Kyiv, UKR 20 April 2004
  Gold J 53 kg 95.0 ER 115.0 ER 210.0 ER Loutraki, GRE 15 April 2003
  Gold J 48 kg 87.5 ER 105.0 ER 192.5 ER Warsaw, POL 19 November 2002

Mediterranean Games

Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
  Gold 53 kg 87.0 MR 108.0 MR Almería, ESP 26 June 2005
  • J: Junior
  • CWR: Current world record
  • WR: World record
  • ER: European record
  • MR: Mediterranean record

World rank edit

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 14 August 2004
2 Zhuo Li, CHN 90.0 115.0 205.0 Almaty, Kazakhstan 7 April 2004
3 Wei Gao, CHN 90.0 110.0 200.0 Minsk, BLR 24 May 2004
3= Aree Wiratthaworn, THA 85.0 115.0 200.0 Athens, GRE 14 August 2004

References edit

  1. ^ "Olimpiyatta İlk "Altın Kadın": Nurcan Taylan". BİA (in Turkish). 16 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007.
  2. ^ "Sanctioned athletes - 2011". IWF.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Turkish weightlifting champion Nurcan Taylan receives 4-year ban for doping, misses Olympics". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Nurcan Taylan'ın cezası 2 yıla indirildi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 6 October 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Nurcan TAYLAN". IWF.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Sanctions". IWF.sport. International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Nurcan TAYLAN". IWF.sport. International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  8. ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1042181/iwf-awaiting-cas-and-ioc-verdicts-before-pressing-ahead-with-weightlifting-suspensions

External links edit

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