Şule Şahbaz (born 2 October 1978) is a former

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weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

who competed in the -75 kg division. She won a gold medal at the 2002 Weightlifting Championship, silver medals at the

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and 2004 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships. She was scheduled to compete in the women's 75 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but

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positive for a banned substance ahead of the Olympics and was disqualified.

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1978 births Living people Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Turkey Doping cases in weightlifting Turkish sportspeople in doping cases Place of birth missing (living people) Turkish female weightlifters European champions in weightlifting European champions for Turkey Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists {{Turkey-weightlifting-bio-stub

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