Sibel Şimşek Explained

Sibel Şimşek
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:10 October 1984
Birth Place:Osmancık, Çorum
Height:1.68m (05.51feet)
Weight:62kg (137lb)
Country:Turkey
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:63 kg
Club:Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü
Coach:Mehmet Üstündağ

Sibel Şimşek (pronounced as /tr/; born October 10, 1984, in Osmancık Çorum, Turkey) is a European champion Turkish weightlifter competing in the Women's 63 kg division. She is tall and weighs 62kg (137lb).[1]

Şimşek is a member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü. She is trained by Mehmet Üstündağ.[2]

On 12 January 2017 it was announced that because of a doping violation she had been disqualified from the 2012 Olympic Games.[3]

Achievements

https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=simsek-sibel-1984-10-10&id=616

Olympic Games:
Rank Event Year Venue Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
Disqualified 63 2012 105 130 235
69 2004 No Lift X X
[4] [5]
World Championships:
Rank Event Year Venue Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
63 2010 111.0
63 2010 241.0
63 2009 135.0
63 2009 108.0 135.0 243.0
7 63 2007
European Championships:
Rank Event Year Venue Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
63 2012 100.0 125.0 225.0
63 2010 110.0 134.0 244.0[6]
63 2009 108.0 128.0 236.0
63 2008 105.0 121.0 226.0
63 2007 98.0 117.0 215.0
[7]

Mediterranean Games

2009

2013 after DSQ

Notes and References

  1. News: Athletes-Sibel Şimşek . NBC Olympics . April 12, 2009 .
  2. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20090306195506/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2004/08/04/spor/spo05.html . Milliyet . Madalya avcıları . 2009-03-06 . Turkish . 2009-11-26 . Alt URL
  3. Web site: IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. IOC. 12 January 2017.
  4. Web site: Olympic athletes-Sibel Simsek . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120851/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/sibel-simsek-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . Sports-Reference . April 12, 2009.
  5. Web site: IWF awaiting CAS and IOC verdicts before pressing ahead with weightlifting suspensions . 30 September 2016 .
  6. News: 8 Gram ile Avrupa Şampiyonu: Sibel Şimşek . Spor Stüdyosu . 2010-04-08 . Turkish . 2010-04-09 .
  7. Web site: Weightlifting-Simsek, Sibel . The Sports Org . April 12, 2009 .