Ayşegül Çoban

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Ayşegül Çoban
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 31)
Konya, Turkey
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWeightlifting
Event–53 kg
ClubKonya Kuyulusebil Spor Kulübü
Turned pro2010
Coached by
  • Talat Ünlü
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 81 kg (2014)
  • Clean & Jerk: 114 kg (2014)
  • Total: 195 kg (2014)
Medal record
Weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tel Aviv – 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Kazan – 53 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan – 53 kg

Ayşegül Çoban (born 16 December 1992) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the – 53 kg division.[1] She is a native of Konya.[2]

Personal life[edit]

Ayşegül was born on 16 December 1992 to Ali and Döndü Çoban. Due to the family's limited economic situation, Çoban was enrolled in a foster boarding school to receive a better education.[3]

In the school, she showed interest in weightlifting, and began with exercise promoted by her teacher of physical education, Sibel Ünlü, wife of the Turkey national weightlifting team's head coach Talat Ünlü.[3][4]

She lives in the Aydınlıkevler neighborhood of the Selçuklu district in Konya Province with her parents. Çoban studies at the School of Physical Education and Sports of the Selçuk University in Konya.[3][as of?]

Career[edit]

Ayşegül Çoban was admitted to the national team in 2007. She became 15-times national champion. In 2007, she broke the national record lifting 86 kg in the clean and jerk discipline in her age category.[4]

In 2007, she won the silver medal at the European Youth U17 Championship in Pavia, Italy, and captured the gold medal at the 2008 European Youth Championship in Ameins, France. She repeated her success as champion next year at the 2009 European Youth Championships in Eilat, Israel.[4][5]

In 2009, Çoban became champion at the European Junior Championship held in Landskrona, Sweden.[4] In 2010, she was again European junior champion in Limassol, Cyprus. At the 2012 European Junior Championships held in Eilat, Israel, she gained the bronze medal.[5]

Ayşegül Çoban won the bronze medal at the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships held in Kazan, Russia.[1] At the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania, Çoban reached to silver medal in the clean&jerk discipline of the -53 kg event that sufficed only to a fourth rank in total.[5][6] At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, she won the bronze medal in the -53 kg division.

Ayşegül Coban achieved first place in the women's 53 kg class at the 17th Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, on 20 June 2013, with 82 kg Snatch, 110 Clean and Jerk, with 192 kg total.[7]

On 16 October 2013, Ayşegül Coban competed in the 53 kg women's class at the 2013 IWF World Championships in Wroclaw, Poland. She successfully lifted 77 kg in the Snatch, but did not achieve a successful lift in the Clean and Jerk.[8]

Achievements[edit]

European Youth U17 Championships[5]
Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
 Silver 44 kg 56.0 72.0 128.0 Pavia, ITA 28 July 2007
 Gold 47 kg 62.0 87.0 149.0 Ameins, FRA 21 July 2008
 Gold 53 kg 73.0 95.0 168.0 Eilat, ISR 7 September 2009
European Junior Championships[5]
Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
 Gold 53 kg 73.0 100.0 173.0 Landskrona, SWE 28 July 2009
 Gold 53 kg 78.0 105.0 183.0 Limassol, CYP 11 November 2010
 Bronze 53 kg 75.0 103.0 178.0 Eilat, ISR 29 December 2012
European Championships[5]
Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
 Gold 53 kg 81.0 114.0 195.0 Tel Aviv, ISR 6 April 2014
 Bronze 53 kg 75.0 105.0 180.0 Kazan, RUS 11 April 2013
4th 53 kg 80.0 105.0 185.0 Tirana, ALB 6 April 2011
Summer Universiade
Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
 Bronze 53 kg 79.0 110.0 189.0 Kazan, RUS 7 July 2013
Mediterranean Games
Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
 Silver 53 kg 82.0 Mersin, TUR June 2013
 Gold 53 kg 110.0 Mersin, TUR June 2013

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "90th Men And 24th Women European Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Halter" (in Turkish). Konya GSGM. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "Küçük dev kız Ayşegül". Sabah (in Turkish). 6 November 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d "Yeteneksiz denilen kız Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 28 August 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Coban Aysegul". Weightlifting Database. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Ayşegül'den gümüş madalya". TRT Spor. 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  7. ^ "XVII MEDITERRANEAN GAMES, Women's Results". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  8. ^ "2013 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Women's Results". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

External links[edit]

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