Yusuf Fehmi Genç
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| Born | 23 May 2002 Ordu, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ankara ASKİ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yusuf Fehmi Genç (born 23 May 2002) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 73 kg division.[1]
Career
[edit]In 2021, he won a bronze medal in his event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3]
At the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia, Yusuf Fehmi Genç, competing in the 67 kg category, placed eighth in the snatch with 140 kg, gold in the jerk with 182 kg, and fourth in the total with 322 kg.[4] With this success, he brought Turkey a gold medal in men's weightlifting for the first time in 7 years.[5]
Yusuf Fehmi Genç in men's 73 kg at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, placed ninth in the snatch with 146 kg, gold medal in the jerk with 186 kg and fifth in the total with 332 kg.[6]
Yusuf Fehmi Genç won the gold medal at the 2024 European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships held at the Raszyn Centrum Sports Hall in Warsaw, Poland, men's 67 kg category with 144 kg in the snatch, 176 kg in the jerk and 320 kg in total.[7] Yusuf Fehmi Genç finished third at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain, with 181 kg in the 67 kg weightlifting and 327 kg in total. He won 2 bronze medals with this degree.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletes Bio's - GENC Fehmi Yusuf". Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (25 May 2021). "Weightlifting world record for Ukraine's Konotop - but no guarantee of Olympic place". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Milli halterci Yusuf Fehmi Genç dünya şampiyonu oldu".
- ^ "Dünya şampiyonu milli halterci Yusuf Fehmi Genç'in yeni hedefi olimpiyat madalyası".
- ^ "Halterde Yusuf Fehmi Genç'ten altın madalya" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ "Milli halterci Yusuf Fehmi Genç, 3 altın madalyayla Avrupa şampiyonu oldu".
- ^ "Dünya Halter Şampiyonası'nda milli sporcular, 3 madalya kazandı".
External links
[edit]- 2002 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Ordu
- Turkish male weightlifters
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in weightlifting
- Recipients of the Tereggi Medal
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists