| Çiğdem Dede | |
| Nationality: | Turkish |
| Residence: | Gaziantep, Turkey |
| Birth Date: | 1980 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Gaziantep, Turkey |
| Weight: | 43kg (95lb) (2012) |
| Sport: | Powerlifting |
| Event: | 44 kg |
| Club: | Ankara Guven Spor |
| Coach: | Emrah Arslan |
| Paralympics: | 2012 |
| Pb: | 106.0 kg (2012) |
Çiğdem Dede (born 27 February 1980, in Gaziantep, Turkey) is a Turkish powerlifter competing in the −44 kg division. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Paralympics. She is a dwarf athlete of Ankara Guven Spor, where she is coached by Mustafa Doğan.[1] [2]
She became paralyzed at the age of six due to wrong injection given to her leg.[3]
Çiğdem Dede is high school graduate.[1] She began powerlifting by chance, encouraged by a weightlifting coach in 2009, and then received the support of her family. That year, Dede ranked fourth at the IPC World Championship. She became national champion in 2010 and 2011.[4] At the 2011 Fazaa International Powerlifting Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, she took the gold medal lifting 100.0 kg.[2] [5] [6]
| Representing | |||||||
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| 2011 | Fazaa International Powerlifting Tournament | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | bgcolor=gold | 1st | −44 kg | 100 kg | |
| 2012 | Summer Paralympics | London, United Kingdom | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | −44 kg | 100 kg | |