İbrahim Arat (born December 2, 1988, in Izmir, Turkey) 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 –94 kg division. The tall athlete is a member of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor in his hometown, where he is coached by Mücahit Yağcı and Selim Savaş. At the 2011 Summer Universiade held in

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, China, he became bronze medalist. Arat qualified for participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics but was withdrawn after his A-sample tested positive for hydroxystanozolol during a

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. He was suspended for 2 years.

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1988 births Sportspeople from İzmir Living people Turkish male weightlifters İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK sportspeople Doping cases in weightlifting Universiade medalists in weightlifting Universiade bronze medalists for Turkey 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-weightlifting-bio-stub