Sibel Ozkan

Background

She was born on March 3, 1988 to Ramazan and his wife to Kezban in Kozluca village of Afyonkarahisar, Turkey as the youngest of three siblings.

Career

She is 1.55 m (51 ft) tall and weighs 48 kg (106 lb). Olympic Games

World Championships

European Championships

Mediterranean Games

Legend:

ERJ European Record Juniors.

Achievements

• After coming fourth in the snatch event at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Women"s 48 kg, she won her first Olympics silver medal in the Beijing Summer Olympics on August 9, 2008, held at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium coming second to the then winner of the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Women"s 48 kg Xiexia Chen. Sibel won the silver medal with 111.0 kg in the Clean and Jerk achieving 199.0 kg in total. Achieving 117.0 kg in the 48 kg Clean and Jerk category at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships held in Goyang, South of Korea, Sibel Özkan became Turkey"s first ever female gold medalist in weightlifting at world championships.