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As he is somewhat baby-faced, he was in a few commercials at the Athens Olympics in 2004.
As he is somewhat baby-faced, he was in a few commercials at the Athens Olympics in 2004.

He did not finish after three failures in the snatch event at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].


==Highlights==
==Highlights==

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Taner Sağır

Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens – 77 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Santo Domingo – 77 kg

Taner Sağır (born March 13, 1985 in Kardzhali, Bulgaria) is a Turkish world and Olympic weightlifting champion. Coming to Athens as holder of all the junior world records, he broke, at age of 19 only, Olympic records in the category 77 kg snatch, clean and jerk and total, and became so the youngest Olympic champion in the weightlifting history. He is seen as a great talent by authorities.

Sağır, 1.70 m tall, is student of physical education and sports. Muharrem Süleymanoğlu and Osman Nuri Vural coach him at Demirspor Club in Ankara, Turkey. His two years older brother Nezir Sağır is also a famous international lifter.

As he is somewhat baby-faced, he was in a few commercials at the Athens Olympics in 2004.

He did not finish after three failures in the snatch event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Highlights

  • Records: 13 Junior World records, 13 Junior European records and 3 Youth European records.
  • 18th best lifter of 100 years
  • 3rd best lifter of 2004

Medals

Olympics

Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
1 77 kg 172.5 COR 202.5 375.0 COR Athens, GRE Aug 19, 2004

World Championships

Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
1 77 kg 166.0 195.0 361.0 Santo Domingo, DOM Oct 3, 2006
1 J 77 kg 160.0 195.5 JWR 355.0 JWR Hermosillo, MEX Jun 1, 2003

European Championships

Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
1 77 kg 167.5 192.5 360.0 Sofia, BUL Apr 22, 2005
1 77 kg 167.5 200.0 367.5 Kiev, UKR Apr 20, 2004
1 J 69 kg 147.5 175.0 322.5 Havířov, CZE May 29, 2002
1 Y 69 kg Stavanger, NOR Jul 30, 2001
2 Y 59 kg Košice, SVK Aug 24, 2000
  • Y: Youth (under 16)
  • J: Junior
  • COR: Current Olympic record
  • JWR: Junior World record

World rank

2004 World ranking list for the category "Men 77 kg" is as following:

Rank Athlete Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
1 Taner Sağır, TUR 172.5 202.5 375.0 Athens, GRE Aug 19, 2004
2 Sergey Filimonov, KAZ 172.5 200.0 372.5 Athens, GRE Aug 19, 2004
3 Oleg Perepetchenov, RUS 170.0 195.0 365.0 Athens, GRE Aug 19, 2004

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