Aylin Daşdelen Explained

Aylin Daşdelen
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:1 January 1982
Birth Place:Yiğitler, Yenifakılı, Turkey
Height:1.60 m
Weight:53 kg
Country:Turkey
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:58 kg
Club:Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü

Aylin Daşdelen (born 1 January 1982) is a Turkish female weightlifter competing in the Women's 53 kg and 58 kg divisions. At the championships held 2003 in Loutraki, Greece, she broke three European records, in snatch, clean&jerk and in total weight lifted of the -58 kg division.[1]

Aylin is a member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü in İzmit.

Early life

She was born 1982 in Yiğitler village, Yenifakılı, Yozgat Province.[2]

Scandal

Aylin Daşdelen and her two teammates, Sibel Şimşek and Şule Şahbaz, filed in September 2004 complaints of sexual harassment against Mehmet Üstündağ, who was the coach of the Turkey national women's weightlifting team. He was accused of repeated physical sexual molestation going back several years. The court ordered the arrest of him despite his denial. Daşdelen told a television news program that Üstündağ also made it a habit of "beating" his charges. She blamed the trainer also for the 1999 suicide of teammate Esma Can.

The only support for Üstündağ came from Nurcan Taylan, who in turn accused her three teammates of being "lesbians". Üstündağ came under investigation on similar charges in the 2000s, but the evidence was inconclusive.

Achievements

Olympics
World Championships
Rank Event Year Venue Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
53 kg 2011 126.0
219.0
53 kg 2010 90.0
121.0
211.0
58 kg 2003 92.5 117.5 210.0
53 kg U-?2002 85.0
105.0
210.0
58 kg U-161997 105.0
182.5
European Championships
Rank Event Year Venue Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
53 kg 2012 88.0
113.0
201.0
53 kg 2011 90.0
112.0
202.0
53 kg 2010 88.0
120.0 ER
208.0
53 kg 2009 Bucharest, ROM[3] 82.0
105.0
187.0
58 kg 2004 Kyiv, UKR[4] 98.5
122.5
220.0
58 kg 2003 98 ER
123.0 ER
220.0 ER
53 kg 2002 92.5
112.5
205.0
58 kg U-161997 80.0
53 kg U-16 1996 65.0
80.0
145.0
Mediterranean Games
Rank Event Year Venue Snatch Clean & Jerk
58 kg 2009 Pescara, ITA[5] 87.0
110.0
58 kg 2013 Mersin, TUR87.0
113.0

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results Women 58 kg . European Weightlifting Championships-Loutraki, Greece . 28 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090515135606/http://www.weightlifting.gr/loutraki2003/results/JWOM0058.HTM . 15 May 2009.
  2. News: Daşdelen, Cuma günü Yozgatta . Yerköy Gazetesi . Turkish . 28 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160129200745/http://www.yerkoygazetesi.com/index.php/spor-haberleri/1060-dasdelen-cuma-gunu-yozgatta.html . 29 January 2016 . dead.
  3. Web site: European Senior Weightlifting Championships Bucarest, Romania . EWF . 29 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090419023658/http://www.ewf.sm/files/me_bucharest_53.pdf . 19 April 2009.
  4. News: Bayan herküller . Sabah . 22 April 2004 . Turkish . 28 November 2009.
  5. Web site: Akdeniz Oyunları-Aylin Daşdelen, 1 Altın ve 1 Bronz Kazandı . General Directorate of Youth and Sports . Turkish . 28 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009184554/http://www.gsgmwebcup.gov.tr/content/view/18/1/ . 9 October 2011.