Erol Bilgin
Erol Bilgin (born February 20, 1987 in Kütahya ) is a Turkish weightlifter . He was European champion in featherweight duel in 2009 and 2010 .
Career
Erol Bilgin started lifting weights at the Kütahya Gençlik Merkisi SK sports club in 1998 . After two years he switched to the Tarim Kredi SK sports club. The 1.59 meter tall athlete has been competing in featherweight since he was senior, the weight class up to 62 kg body weight. His trainer is Hilmi Pekünlü.
From 2002 to 2004 he was very successful as a junior and won several European championship titles in this age group. At the 2004 Junior World Championships in Minsk , he won the silver medal in bantamweight with 250 kg (115-135) in a duel behind the Chinese Li Zheng, who reached 272.5 kg (120-142.5).
In 2005 he started for the first time at the European Senior Championship. He finished in Sofia in bantam weight with 265 kg (120-145) in a duel behind his compatriot Sedat Artuç , who came to 275 kg (125-150), the 2nd place. In 2006 he reached the 2nd place at the University World Championships in Izmir in featherweight with 285 kg (125-160). Here again a Chinese, Zhang Jie, placed himself in front of him, who managed a total of 290 kg (130-160). At the 2007 European Championships in Strasbourg , starting at featherweight, he weighed 286 kg (128–158), with which he was behind Sergei Petrosjan from Russia a. Henadzi Machweyenia from Belarus took 3rd place.
In 2008 Erol Bilgin finished 2nd again at the European Championships in Lignano , but this time in the featherweight division. He managed 295 kg (135-160) and only had to admit defeat to the Armenian Sergei Petrosjan , who started for Russia and achieved 302 kg (135-167). He was not at the start at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
After Erol Bilgin was successful at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara in 2009 in featherweight with 293 kg (138-155), he then won his first European title in a duel in Bucharest . He achieved it again 293 kg (133-160) and referred Zulfugar Suleimanow from Azerbaijan , 285 kg and Dimitris Minasidis from Cyprus , 284 kg on the places. He then started at the 2009 World Championships in Goyang / South Korea and achieved 290 kg (135–155). He had to realize that his Asian competitors are still one step ahead of him, because he only finished 11th there. The winner Ding Jianjun from China won the world title with 316 kg (146-170).
On April 6, 2010, Erol Bilgin won the European featherweight title for the second time in Minsk . He mastered 304 kg (139–165) in a duel, with which he beat the Romanian Antoniu Buci , 300 kg a. Zulfugar Suleimanow, 294 kg, won. With regard to the World Championships that will take place in Antalya in autumn 2010, it was particularly important for him that after two years of stagnating performance in a duel, he improved significantly.
doping
Bilgin was in the squad of the Turkish team for the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished eighth in the featherweight division. A follow-up examination of the urine samples revealed that he had started with a cocktail of stanozolol and dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and he was initially temporarily suspended.
International success
year | space | competition | Weight class | |
2002 | 1. | Junior European Championship (U 16) in Villeneuve-Loubet | up to 45 kg body weight | with 180 kg (77.5-102.5) |
2004 | 1. | Junior European Championship (U17) in Stavanger | Bantam | with 245 kg (110-135), in front of Zviadi Samurkashvili, Georgia , 235 kg u. Alexander Dudoglu, Moldova , 225 kg |
2004 | 1. | Junior European Championship in Burgos | Bantam | with 257.5 kg (112.5–145) |
2004 | 2. | European Promotion Cup in Udine | without | with 240 kg (105-135) = 364.24 points, behind Mehmed Fikretow, Bulgaria, 282.5 kg, 384.95 points |
2004 | 2. | Junior World Championships in Minsk | Bantam | with 250 kg (115–135), behind Li Zheng, China , 272.5 kg (130–142.5), in front of Jl Hun-min, South Korea , 250 kg (117.4–132.5) |
2005 | 2. | EM in Sofia | Bantam | with 265 kg (120–145), behind Sedat Artuç , Turkey , 275 kg (125–150), in front of Vitali Derbenjew , Belarus , 260 kg (117.5–142.5) |
2005 | 5. | Junior World Championship | Bantam | at 250 kg (115-135); Winner: Cen Beao, China, 276 kg (120–156) |
2006 | 2. | Universities World Cup in Izmir | feather | with 285 kg (125–160), behind Zhang Jie, China, 290 kg (130–160), in front of Niwar Kritphet, Thailand , 270 kg |
2007 | 3. | EM in Strasbourg | feather | with 286 kg (128–158), behind Sergej Petrosjan , Russia , 289 kg (130–159) and Henadzi Machweyenia , Belarus, 288 kg (134–154) |
2008 | 2. | EM in Lignano | feather | with 295 kg (135–160), behind Sergej Petrosjan, 302 kg (135–167), in front of Vladimir Popov, Moldova, 284 kg (130–154) |
2009 | 1. | Mediterranean Games in Pescara | feather | with 293 kg (138–155), ahead of Dimitris Minasidis , Republic of Cyprus , 288 kg |
2009 | 1. | EM in Bucharest | feather | with 293 kg (133-160), before Zulfugar Suleimanow , Azerbaijan , 285 kg (125-160) and Dimitris Minasidis, 284 kg (127–157) |
2009 | 11. | World Cup in Goyang / South Korea | feather | with 290 kg (135-155); Winner: Ding Jianjun , China, 316 kg (146–170), ahead of Eko Yuli Irawan , Indonesia , 315 kg (140–175) |
2010 | 1. | EM in Minsk | feather | with 304 kg (139-165), before Antoniu Buci , Romania , 300 kg (135-165) and Zulfugar Suleimanow, 294 kg (132–162) |
WM + EM individual medals
- European Championship gold medals: 2008 / Tear - 2009 / Tear - 2009 / Push - 2010 / Tear
- European Championship silver medals: 2005 / Tear - 2005 / Push - 2007 / Push - 2008 / Push - 2010 / Push
- European Championship bronze medals: 2007 / tearing
swell
- Athletics magazine
- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
- Website "www.chidlovski.net"
Web links
- Erol Bilgin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Erol Bilgin at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Erol Bilgin (second profile) at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Profile of Erol Bilgin in the lift-up project at chidlovski.net (English)
- Photos by Erol Bilgin
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bilgin, Erol |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish weightlifter |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1987 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kutahya |