Mehtap Kurnaz

Mehtap Kurnaz
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1995-05-01) May 1, 1995 (age 29)
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
SportWeightlifting
Event63 kg

Mehtap Kurnaz (born May 1, 1995) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 63 kg division.[1][2]

Kurnaz took part at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan without having success.[3] She won the bronze medal in the clean and jerk event lifting 108 kg in the women's 63 kg division at the 2014 European Junior and Under-23 Weightlifting Championships held in Cyprus. In the snatch event, she ranked fifth by lifting 88 kg. In the total, she missed the bronze medal by 1 kg with her result of 196 kg.[4]

In 2015, she won three gold medals at the 3rd Weightlifting Championship of Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation in Antalya, Turkey by lifting 83 kg in the snatch, 100 kg in the clean&jerk event and so 183 kg in total.[5][6] She participated at the 2015 European Weightlifting Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia ranking fifth.[7]

Kurnaz attended the Olympic Preparation Center (TOHM) in Konya.[1] She earned a quota spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]

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