Nurcan Taylan

Nurcan Taylan
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born (1983-10-29) October 29, 1983
Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) – 48 kg
Club Yenimahalle Sports Club, Ankara
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 97.5 kg (2004)
  • Clean and jerk: 121 kg (2010)
  • Total: 214 kg (2010)
Medal record
Summer Olympics
2004 Athens – 48 kg
World Championships
2010 Antalya –48 kg
2002 Warsaw –48 kg
2003 Vancouver –48 kg
2009 Goyang –48 kg
European Championships
2003 Loutraki –53 kg
2004 Kiev –53 kg
2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro –48 kg
2009 Bucharest –48 kg
2010 Minsk –48 kg
2011 Kazan –48 kg
2007 Strasbourg –48 kg
2014 Tel Aviv –48 kg
2015 Tbilisi –48 kg
2002 Antalya –48 kg
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almería – 53 kg
2009 Pescara – 53 kg

Nurcan Taylan (born October 29, 1983 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record (and tied two more world records).

Career

She was born in Mamak, Ankara as the third child of a poor family originating from the town of Hafik in Sivas, Central Anatolia. Taylan was discovered at age of eleven by the Turkish national athlete and her later coach Mehmet Üstündağ as he was her teacher in physical education at the Mamak Secondary School in Ankara.

Only 1.52 m (5 ft) tall, she lifted two World and five Olympic records in the women’s 48 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Nurcan Taylan is Turkey's first ever female Olympic gold medalist.[1]

She is student of physical education and sports and member of the Yenimahalle Club in Ankara.

Scandals

In September 2004, a Turkish court ordered the arrest of the coach of the Turkish women’s weightlifting team, Mehmet Üstündağ, after three female athletes filed complaints of sexual harassment against him. In court, Üstündağ denied allegations of repeated physical sexual molestation going back several years, fielded by Sibel Şimşek, Aylin Daşdelen and Şule Şahbaz, all of them being members of the Turkish women's team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

But the court ordered him to be placed under detention in view of the "alleged crime's nature, the evidence collected and feelings of anger it has inspired in the public". The allegations first hit the media in early September when the three athletes gave extensive interviews to newspapers and television channels. Daşdelen told a television news program that Üstündağ also made it a habit of "beating" his charges, going so far as to blame the trainer for the 1999 suicide of teammate Esma Can. The only support for Üstündağ came from Taylan, who in turn "accused" her three teammates of being lesbians. Turkish sports officials immediately launched an official investigation. Üstündağ had come under investigation on similar charges four years ago, but the evidence was inconclusive. The Turkish Weightlifting Federation did not allow Taylan to participate at the 2005 European Weightlifting Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Doping case

She was banned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid Methandienone for four years starting on 26 October 2011. Taylan missed the London Olympics.[2][3]

In October 2012, her suspension was shortened to two years that will allow her to return to action on 26 October 2013.[4]

Achievements

Olympic Games
RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Gold48 kg97.5 CWR 210.0 WRAthens, GREAug 14, 2004
 Silver48 kg 112.5
World Championships
RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Gold48 kg93.0121.0 WR214.0 Antalya, TURSep 18, 2010
 Silver48 kg90.0115.0 Goyang, KORNov 21, 2009
 Bronze48 kg 205.0
 Silver48 kg87.5105.0192.5Warsaw, POLNov 19, 2002
 Bronze48 kg85.0187.5Vancouver, B.C., CANNov 18, 2003
548 kg 102.5
European Championships
RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Gold48 kg 90.0105.0195.0Kazan, RUSApr 11, 2011
 Gold48 kg 90.0118.0208.0Minsk, BLRApr 5, 2010
 Gold48 kg 88.0108.0196.0Bucharest, ROMApr 6, 2009
 Gold48 kg 87.0109.0196.0Lignano Sabbiadoro, ITAApr 2, 2008
 Gold53 kg 95.5 ER115.5 ER210.0Kiev, UKRApr 20, 2004
 GoldJ 53 kg 95.0 ER115.0 ER210.0 ERLoutraki, GREApr 15, 2003
 GoldJ 48 kg 87.5 ER105.0 ER192.5 ERWarsaw, POLNov 19, 2002

Mediterranean Games

RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Gold53 kg 87.0 MR108.0 MR Almería, ESPJun 26, 2005

World rank

2004 World ranking list for the category "Women 48 kg" is as following:

RankAthleteSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
1Nurcan Taylan, TUR 97.5112.5210.0Athens, GREAug 14, 2004
2Zhuo Li, CHN90.0115.0205.0Almaty, KazakhstanApr 7, 2004
3Wei Gao, CHN90.0110.0200.0Minsk, BLRMay 24, 2004
3=Aree Wiratthaworn, THA85.0115.0200.0Athens, GREAug 14 2004

References

  1. ↑ BIA Net August 16, 2004 (Turkish)
  2. ↑ "Sanctioned athletes - 2011". IWF. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  3. ↑ "Turkish weightlifting champion Nurcan Taylan receives 4-year ban for doping, misses Olympics". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Nurcan Taylan'ın cezası 2 yıla indirildi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
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