Reyhan Arabacıoğlu (born 1980 in

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

) is a Turkish

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 ...

competing in the 77 kg division. He started weightlifting in

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, where he is a member of the weightlifting team of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü.

Achievements

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World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

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European Weightlifting Championships European Weightlifting Championships is an annual event organised by the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF). It has been held since 1896. A separate event for women was held from 1988 to 1997, after which both championships have been held ...

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Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fi ...

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 {{Turkey-weightlifting-bio-stub