Şule Şahbaz (born 2 October 1978) is a former Turkish

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

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 The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

, but

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

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