Özlem Becerikli (born 21 March 1980, in

Balıkesir Balıkesir () is a city in the Marmara Region, Marmara region of Turkey. It is the seat of Balıkesir Province, which is also a Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality. As of 2022, the population of Balıkesir Province ...

, Turkey) is a Turkish

powerlifter Powerlifting is a competitive strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight singl ...

of class PO competing in the -56 kg division, and a

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. She is a member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıtspor, where she is coached by

Şule Şahbaz Şule Şahbaz (born 2 October 1978) is a former Turkish weightlifter who competed in the -75 kg division. She won a gold medal at the 2002 Weightlifting Championship, silver medals at the 1999 and 2004 European Championships and a bronze ...

Career history

Becerikli took the bronze medal in the -52 kg division at the 2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championships held in

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. Özlem was the winner of another bronze medal taken at the Fazza International Powerlifting Championships in

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in 2010. In 2011, she became bronze medalist at the

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in Darwin,

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. She won the bronze medal at the

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* * 1980 births Living people Turkish female powerlifters Turkish sportswomen Paralympic powerlifters for Turkey Paralympic medalists in powerlifting Powerlifters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Balıkesir 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-weightlifting-bio-stub