Dilfiroz Kuzdağı
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1982 | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Turkey | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Powerlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | -67 kg | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 7th (25 February 2016) | |||||||||||||||||
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Dilfiroz Kuzdağı (born 1 January 1982) is a Turkish powerlifter competing in the -67 kg division. She represented her country at the 2016 Paralympics.
Early life
[edit]Kuzdağı was born on 1 January 1982.[1] She succumbed to polio as she was seven months old. She became disabled with impaired muscle power.[2][3]
The mother of two divorced in 2013 as her spouse did not want she performed sport staying away from home for training camps.[2][3]
Currently, she is a student of coaching education at the School of Physical Education and Sports of Gaziantep University.[2][3]
Sporting career
[edit]Kuzdağı began her sporting career with arm wrestling in 2008, and switched over to powerlifting in 2012.[2][3]
She was admitted to the national team after winning the Turkish championship. She internationally debuted in 2013 at the IPC Powerliftng European Open Championships in Aleksin, Russia,[3] and became silver medalist by lifting 85 kg.[2] She lifted 95 kg, and won the silver medal at the 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships in Eger, Hungary.[1][3][4]
She earned a quota spot for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[5]
As of 25 February 2016, Kuzdağı ranks at seventh place of her weight division in the IPC Powerlifting World Ranking List.[6] She ranks second at European level.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2015 IPC Powelifting European Open Championships - Results Book" (PDF). Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Yalçınkaya, Halife (17 October 2015). "Engelsiz" şampiyonların gözü olimpiyatta". Memleket (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Athletes - Kuzdagi Dilfiroz". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Avrupa Halter Şampiyonası'nda Madalya" (in Turkish). Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Dilfiroz Kuzdağı Rio'da". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 24 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "IPC Powerlifting Rankings Official World Rankings 2016". IPC Powerlifting. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Dilfiroz Kuzdağı at the International Paralympic Committee
- Dilfiroz Kuzdağı at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)
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