Cansu Bektaş

Cansu Bektaş (born 23 November 2003) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 45 kg division.[1] She is a European champion and European Youth and Juniors record holder.

Cansu Bektaş
Personal information
Born (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003
Giresun, Turkey
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Weight class45 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Riyadh45 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Yerevan45 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Tirana45 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya45 kg S
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya45 kg CJ
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya45 kg T
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tashkent45 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Heraklion45 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Durrës45 kg
World Youth Championships in Athletics
Gold medal – first place2019 Las Vegas40 kg
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Eilat40 kg

Personal life

Cansu Bektaş , born on 23 November 2003, is a native of Giresun, northern Turkey. She attended Atatürk Anatolian High School in her hometown.[2] She studies coaching in the Selçuk University Sports Sciences Faculty.[3]

Sport career

Bektaş won the silver medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.[4][5] She took three silver medals at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[6] At the e 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, she captured three gold medals in snatch, clean&jerk and total, breakinge European records for Juniors with 72 kg in snatch, 90  in clean&jerk and 162 kg in total.[7]

Year Competition Venue Weight Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
(kg)Rank(kg)Rank(kg)Rank
2019 Youth World ChampionshipsUnited States Las Vegas, United States40 kg541st place, gold medalist(s)631st place, gold medalist(s)1201st place, gold medalist(s)
European Youth ChampionshipsIsrael Eilat, Israel40 kg55
EYR		1st place, gold medalist(s)67
EYR		1st place, gold medalist(s)122
EYR		1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 World Junior ChampionshipsUzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan45 kg701st place, gold medalist(s)841st place, gold medalist(s)1541st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 World Junior ChampionshipsGreece Heraklion, Greece45 kg652nd place, silver medalist(s)851st place, gold medalist(s)1502nd place, silver medalist(s)
European ChampionshipsAlbania Tirana, Albania45 kg684852nd place, silver medalist(s)1532nd place, silver medalist(s)
Islamic Solidarity GamesTurkey Konya, Turkey45 kg652nd place, silver medalist(s)862nd place, silver medalist(s)1512nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Junior & U23 ChampionshipsAlbania Durrës, Albania45 kg701st place, gold medalist(s)871st place, gold medalist(s)1571st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 European ChampionshipsArmenia Yerevan, Armenia45 kg72
EJR		1st place, gold medalist(s)90
ERJR		1st place, gold medalist(s)162
EJR		1st place, gold medalist(s)
World ChampionshipsSaudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia45 kg753rd place, bronze medalist(s)873rd place, bronze medalist(s)1623rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References
  1. "Weightlifting - Cansu Bektas (Turkey)". TheSports.org. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. "Milli Halterci Öğrencimiz Cansu Bektaş Dünya Şampiyonu Oldu" (in Turkish). Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. "Selçuk Üniversitesi'nin milli sporcusundan dünya üçüncülüğü". Anadolu Bugün. 5 September 2023.
  4. "Şaziye Erdoğan, Avrupa şampiyonu". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 28 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. Oliver, Brian (29 May 2022). "Bulgaria back in style with two golds at European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  6. "Cansu Bektaş'tan 3 gümüş madalya". RHA Ajans (in Turkish). 11 August 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023. |
  7. "Cansu Bektaş'tan 3 altın birden". SporX (in Turkish). 15 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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