Şaziye Okur
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| Nationality | Turkish |
| Born | February 23, 1992 Ankara |
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
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| Country | Turkey |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event(s) | 48 kg |
| Coached by | Talat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül |
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Şaziye Okur (born February 23, 1992 in Ankara)[1] is a Turkish female weightlifter competing in the Women's –48 kg division. Okur is the current world record holder in the -44 kg division of youth category with 77 kg in the snatch, 92 kg in the clean&jerk events and 169 kg in total.[2]
She was born to a poor family in Ankara, where her father is a construction worker. Already at the age of 11, she started with weightlifting in the primary school in Keçiören, Ankara.[1]
At the 2009 European Weightlifting Junior Championships held in Landskrona, Sweden, she broke on July 28 four European youth records lifting 79.0 kg in snatch, 97.0 kg in clean&jerk and 172.0 and then 176.kg in total.[3][4]
She is trained by Talat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül.[1]
In 2013, Okur was banned from international competition by the International Weightlifting Federation for 2 years for use of anabolic steroid Stanozolol.[5]
Achievements
| Rank | Event | Year | Venue | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total |
 Bronze |
–48 kg | 2010 | Minsk, BLR | 95.0 | 173.0 |
| Rank | Event | Year | Venue | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total |
 Gold |
–48 kg | 2009 | Landskrona, SWE | 79.0 ERY | 97.0 ERY | 176.0 ERY |
- Legend
- ERY European Record Youth
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