Sibel Özkan

Sibel Özkan is a Turkish weightlifter. She specialized in the Women's 48kg. She was born on 3rd March, 1988. She is 1.55m high and weighs 48kg.

Achievements and honours

After coming fourth in the snatch event at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Women's 48 kg, she won her first Olympics silver medal in the Beijing Summer Olympics on 9th August, 2008,event held at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium on Day 1 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ,coming second to the then winner of the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Women's 48 kg; Xiexia ChenSibel won the silver medal in the 2008 Olympics with 88kg in the Snatch and a successful 111kg in the Clean and Jerk for a 199kg total.

tats and records

World championships.

Rank Event Year Venue Result 4 48 KG-snatch 2007 Chiang Mai, THA 84 KG

4 48 KG-Clean & Jerk 2007 Chiang Mai, THA 108 KG

Total = 192 KG

European Championships.

Rank Event Year Venue Result 1 48 KG-Clean & Jerk 2008 Lignano, ITA 110 KG 2 48 KG snatch 2008 Lignano, ITA 86 KG Total = 196 KG 4 48 KG-snatch 2007 Strasbourg,FRA 78 KG 5 48 KG-Clean & Jerk 2007 Strasbourg, FRA 87.5 KG Total = 173 KG 6 48 KG 2005 Sofia, BUL 87.5 KG 8 48 KG-Clean & Jerk 2005 Sofia, BUL 70.0 KG Total = 157.5 KG

Olympic games

Rank 2 48 KG -Clean & Jerk 2008 Beijing,CHN 111 KG 2 48 KG -snatch 2008 Beijing,CHN 88 KG Total = 199 KG

Eternal Links

* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/233559.shtml Beijing 2008 Athlete Profile]