Muhammed Furkan Özbek Explained

Muhammed Furkan Özbek
Birth Date:	2001 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Yozgat, Turkey
Height:	1.63m (05.35feet)
Weight:	670NaN0
Country:	Turkey
Sport:	Weightlifting
Club:	Ankara ASKİ

Muhammed Furkan Özbek (born 24 January 2001)^[1] is a Turkish weightlifter.^[2] He won the gold medal in his event at the European Weightlifting Championships in 2021 and 2022.

Career

In 2018, Özbek won the gold medal in the men's youth 69 kg event at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in San Donato Milanese, Italy. He also won the gold medal in the 69 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[3]

In 2019, Özbek won the gold medal in the men's junior 73kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.^[4] In 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^{[5] [6]}

Muhammed Furkan Özbek clinched three medals, including two golds, at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in the Russian capital, Moscow. First won bronze in the men's 67-kilogram weight class at the European Weightlifting Championships. He lifted 145 kilograms in snatch. He then went on to claim two gold medals, lifting 178 kilograms in the clean and jerk, and 323 kilograms in total.^[7]

Özbek competed in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^{[8] [9]}

Özbek won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania. He lifted 149 kilograms in snatch, 190 kilograms in the clean and jerk, and 339 kilograms in total.^{[10] [11]} He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg Clean & Jerk event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^{[12] [13]}

In August 2024, Özbek competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 341 kg in total and placed forth missing 3 kg out on medal position.

Achievements

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank	width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank
Olympic Games
	align=left	Tokyo, Japan		142	145	145		173	173	173			—
	align=left	Paris, France		150	153	155		189	191	191		341	4
World Championships
	align=left	Pattaya, Thailand		138	141	141	14	171	174	174	10	309	14
	align=left	Bogotá, Colombia		145	145	145	15	186	186	191	5	331	8
	align=left	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		143	146	147	11	185	187	191		334
IWF World Cup
	Phuket, Thailand	73 kg	148	150	152	11	186	189	189	6	341	7
European Championships
	align=left	Batumi, Georgia	73 kg	140	145	148	8	174	180	184	5	325	5
2021	Moscow, Russia	67 kg	139	142	145		170	174	178		323
2022	Tirana, Albania	73 kg	145	148	149		178	181	190		339
	align=left	Yerevan, Armenia	73 kg	140	143	146	8	181	186	187	6	327	7
	align=left	Sofia, Bulgaria	73 kg	145	148	150	6	185	185	186		336
World Juniors Championships
2018	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	69 kg	133	136	138		164	168	171		306
2019	Suva, Fiji	67 kg	135	135	135		166	170	172		307
2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	67 kg	138	141	147		170	173	176		317
Summer Youth Olympics
2018	Buenos Aires, Argentina		132	135	135	1	158	165	170	1	317

External links

• • Muhammed Ozbek at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entry List by NOC . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703191716/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/2022-07-02/WLF-------------------------------__C32A_3.0.pdf . 3 July 2022 . 3 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
2. Web site: TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz . 7 December 2021 . 11 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210711181623/https://www.turksporu.com.tr/sporcu-detay/muhammet-furkan-ozbek-1614 . dead .
3. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book. 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200517114751/http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/internazionali/2018/10.06.18%20-%20olimpiadi%20giovanili/2018%20-%20Results%20Book%20Giochi%20Olimpici%20Giovanili.pdf. 17 May 2020. 17 May 2020.
4. Web site: Results Book. 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200526183557/https://www.ewfed.com/2019/Bucharest/Results/Bucharest_2019_Results_Book.pdf. 26 May 2020. 26 May 2020.
5. News: Oliver. Brian. 25 May 2021. Weightlifting world record for Ukraine's Konotop - but no guarantee of Olympic place. InsideTheGames.biz. 29 May 2021.
6. Web site: 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731200747/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/05/2021_IWF_JUNIOR_ResultsBook.pdf. 31 July 2021. 31 July 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
7. Web site: Turkish weightlifter Muhammed Özbek wins European gold. DAILY SABAH WITH. AA. 6 April 2021. Dailysabah.com. 4 June 2022.
8. News: Oliver. Brian. 25 July 2021. China denies Colombia in sensational weightlifting session - and Italy claims bronze. InsideTheGames.biz. 25 July 2021.
9. Web site: Men's 67 kg Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210809135215/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFM67KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. 9 August 2021. 16 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
10. Web site: Muhammed Furkan Özbek, Avrupa Şampiyonu!. Fanatik.com.tr. June 2022 . 4 June 2022.
11. Web site: 2022 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220606070924/https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Results_Book_2022_European_ALB.pdf . 6 June 2022 . 6 June 2022 . European Weightlifting Federation.
12. News: Houston . Michael . 2 July 2022 . Italian swimmers strong in pool at Oran 2022 Mediterranean Games . InsideTheGames.biz . 27 August 2022.
13. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705183534/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/ResultBook/GDM2022_WLF_v1.1.pdf . 5 July 2022 . 6 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.