Nurcan Taylan

Nurcan Taylan

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1983-10-29) 29 October 1983 (age 40) Ankara, Turkey
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	– 48 kg
Club	Yenimahalle Sports Club, Ankara
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 97.5 kg (2004) Clean and jerk: 112.5 kg (2004) Total: 210 kg (2004)
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens – 48 kg World Championships Disqualified 2010 Antalya –48 kg 2002 Warsaw –48 kg 2003 Vancouver –48 kg Disqualified 2009 Goyang –48 kg European Championships 2003 Loutraki –53 kg 2004 Kyiv –53 kg 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro –48 kg Disqualified 2009 Bucharest –48 kg Disqualified 2010 Minsk –48 kg Disqualified 2011 Kazan –48 kg 2007 Strasbourg –48 kg Disqualified 2014 Tel Aviv –48 kg Disqualified 2015 Tbilisi –48 kg 2002 Antalya –48 kg Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería – 53 kg Disqualified 2009 Pescara – 53 kg

Nurcan Taylan (born 29 October 1983 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record (and tied two more world records). She was banned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid Methandienone for two years starting on 26 October 2011.