Büşra Çan Kop (4 May 2006) is a Turkish
weightlifter
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competing in the 87 kg division.
Sport career
In her hometown, she was a member of the 8 Åžubat GSK of her high school. She became silver medalist in the 81 kg division at the 2022 Turkish Seniors Championship held in
Çorum
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.
After taking the silver medal in the Snatch and the gold medal in the Clean & Jerk events, Çan captured the gold medal in the 81 kg event at the
2022 Youth World Championships in
León, Guanajuato
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, Mexico.
She competed in the 94 kg division at the
2023 Youth World Championship in
Durrës
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, Albania without acheving any success.
She received three silver medals in the 87 kg division at the
2023 European Junior & U23 Championships in
Bucharest
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, Romania.
She won the bronze medal with 127 kg in the 87 kg Clean & Jerk division at the
2024 European Championships in
Sofia
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, Bulgaria. With 227 kg in total, she ranked fifth.
Achievements
Personal life
Büşra Çan was born in
Gaziantep
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, Turkey on 4 May 2006.
She studies at 8 Åžubat
Anatolian High School
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in her hometown.
References
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2006 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gaziantep
Turkish female weightlifters
European Weightlifting Championships medalists
21st-century Turkish sportswomen