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Turkey Weightlifting Federation

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Abbreviation
  
THF

Type
  
Sports federation

President
  
Dr. Hasan Akkuş

Formation
  
1956

Headquarters
  
Ulus, Ankara, Turkey

Affiliations
  
European Weightlifting Federation (EWF)

Turkey Weightlifting Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Halter Federasyonu, THF) is the governing body for weightlifting in Turkey. It aims to govern, encourage and develop the sport for all throughout the country.

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History

THF has been established in 1956. First president of the THF was Haşim Ekener. THF is a member of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF).

The federation organizes the national weightlifting events, and European and World championships hosted by Turkey.

Notable weightlifters

Men
  • Sedat Artuç, four-times European champion
  • Erol Bilgin, twice European champion
  • İzzet İnce, European champion
  • Erol Bilgin, twice European champion
  • Halil Mutlu, triple Olympic, five-times world and six-times European champion
  • Taner Sağır, Olympic, world and twice European champion
  • Bünyamin Sezer, twice European champion
  • Naim Süleymanoğlu, triple Olympic, five-times world and twice European champion
  • Semih Yağcı, European champion
  • Hakan Yılmaz, European champion
    • Women
  • Aylin Daşdelen, four-times European champion
  • Şule Şahbaz, European champion
  • Sibel Şimşek, four times European champion
  • Nurcan Taylan, Olympic, world and six-times European champion

    • International organizations in Turkey

  • 1994 World Weightlifting Championships, November 17–27,Istanbul
  • 2001 World Weightlifting Championships, November 4–11, Ankara
  • 2002 European Weightlifting Championships, Antalya
  • 2010 World Weightlifting Championships, September 17–26, Antalya
  • 2012 European Weightlifting Championships, April 9–15, Antalya

    • References

    Turkey Weightlifting Federation Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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