Reyhan Arabacıoğlu (born 1980 in
Bulgaria
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) is a
Turkish weightlifter
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competing in the 77 kg division.
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He started weightlifting in
İzmir
İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban aggl ...
, where he is a member of the weightlifting team of
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü.
Achievements
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Olympics
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World Championships
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European Weightlifting Championships
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Mediterranean Games
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References
External links
Reyhan Arabacıoğlu at Database Weightlifting
1980 births
Bulgarian Turks in Turkey
Bulgarian emigrants to Turkey
Living people
Olympic weightlifters of Turkey
Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Turkish male weightlifters
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey
Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting
Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
European Weightlifting Championships medalists
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
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