Hafız Süleymanoğlu
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Birth name | Hafız Süleymanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Azerbaijani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | citation needed] Sumqayıt, Azerbaijan SSR | January 23, 1967 [|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Soviet Union, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | –56 kg, –59 kg and –60 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hafız Süleymanoğlu (born January 23, 1967), formerly known as Hafız Süleymanov, is a retired Turkish weightlifter of Azerbaijani origin competing in bantamweight and featherweight divisions. He held world and European champion titles.
Career
[edit]He started weightlifting at the age of 15 in Azerbaijan. In 1985, he was admitted to the national team of the Soviet Union. He earned European and world champion titles in juniors category. In 1989, Hafız Süleymanov became world and European champion in seniors category for the Soviet Union.
After his participation at the 1989 World Weightlifting Championships, he defected from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and immigrated to Turkey. He earned his first medal for Turkey in gold in the -56 kg snatch division at the 1990 World Weightlifting Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Unfortunately, he broke his arm during the clean and jerk session. He received various medals in world and European championships, and became twice more European champion, at the 1991 European Weightlifting Championships in Władysławowo, Poland in the -56 kg division and at the 1997 European Weightlifting Championships in Rijeka, Croatia in the -64 kg division.
Hafız Sülemanoğlu participated twice at the Olympics, 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. He is gold medalist in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA.
At the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships held in Lahti, Finland, he could reach the 9th rank only. As he repeated his unsuccessful competitions at the 1999 European Weightlifting Championships in A Coruña, Spain and at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships in Athens, Greece, Turkey Weightlifting Federation decided to take him out of the national team. Hafız Süleymanoğlu declared thereupon that he will return to Azerbaijan.[1][2]
Achievements
[edit]Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean&Jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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-56 kg | 130.0 | Athens, GRE | Sep 16–23, 1989[3] | ||
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157.5 | |||||
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287.5 | |||||
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-56 kg | 132.5 | Budapest, HUN | Nov 10–18, 1990 | ||
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-59 kg | 135.0 | Melbourne, AUS | Nov 11-21, 1993[4] | ||
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295.0 | |||||
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-59 kg | 135.0 | Istanbul, TUR | Nov 17-27, 1994[5] | ||
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162.5 | |||||
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297.5 | |||||
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-64 kg | 145.0 | Chiang Mai, THA | Dec 6-14, 1997[6] | ||
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315.0 |
Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean&Jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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-56 kg | 130.0 | Athens, GRE | 1989[7] | ||
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157.5 | |||||
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287.5 | |||||
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-56 kg | 125.0 | Władysławowo, POL | 1991[8] | ||
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147.5 | |||||
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272.5 | |||||
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-59 kg | 130.0 | Sofia, BUL | 1993[9] | ||
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160.0 | |||||
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290.0 | |||||
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-59 kg | 135.0 | Warsaw, POL | 1995[10] | ||
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162.5 | |||||
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297.5 | |||||
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-64 kg | 142.5 | Rijeka, CRO | 1997[11] | ||
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165.0 | |||||
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307.5 |
References
[edit]- ^ "78. Avrupa Halter Şampiyonası". Türkiye Online (in Turkish). 1999-04-14. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ^ "Hafız'a boykot". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 1999-11-25. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ^ "1989 World Weightlifting Championship Result Bantamweight". Chidlovski. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ "1993 World Weightlifting Championship Result Bantamweight". Chidlovski. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ "1994 World Weightlifting Championship Result Bantamweight". Chidlovski. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ "1997 World Weightlifting Championship Result Featherweight". Chidlovski. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ "1989 European Weightlifting Championship Result Bantamweight". Chidlovski. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ "1991 European Weightlifting Championship Result Bantamweight". Chidlovski. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ "1993 European Weightlifting Championship Result Bantamweight". Chidlovski. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ "1995 European Weightlifting Championship Result Bantamweight". Chidlovski. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ "1997 European Weightlifting Championship Result Featherweight". Chidlovski. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Azerbaijani male weightlifters
- Turkish male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters for Turkey
- Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Azerbaijani emigrants to Turkey
- Soviet defectors
- World record setters in weightlifting
- Soviet emigrants to Turkey
- Sportspeople from Sumgait
- European champions in weightlifting
- European champions for Turkey
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists