Cansu Bektaş (born 23 November 2003) 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 lift ...

competing in the 45 kg division. She is two-time European champion anda European Youth, Juniors and U23 record holder.

Sport career

Bektaş won the silver medal in the women's 45kg event at the

2022 European Weightlifting Championships The 2022 European Weightlifting Championships are scheduled to be held in Tirana, Albania, from 28 May to 5 June 2022. The event was initially scheduled to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, but this changed after a leadership dispute. Medal overview ...

held in Tirana, Albania. She took three silver medals at the

2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ‌The 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ( tr, 2021 İslami Dayanışma Oyunları) were the 5th edition of the event held from 9 to 18 August 2022 at Konya, Turkey under the aegis of Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF). It was the first time ...

Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

, Turkey. At the e

2023 European Weightlifting Championships The 2023 European Weightlifting Championships was held in Yerevan, Armenia, from 15 to 23 April 2023. Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk) Schedule ...

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

, Armenia, she captured three gold medals in snatch, clean&jerk and total, breakinge European records for Juniors with 72 kg in snatch, 90 in clean&jerk and 162 kg in total. At the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

, Bulgaria, she won the gold medal in the Snatch event with 75 kg, the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk event with 88 kg and the gold medal in total with 163 kg. Her total lift became the new European U23 record.

Personal life

Cansu Bektaş , born on 23 November 2003, is a native of

Giresun Giresun (), formerly Cerasus (Ancient Greek: Κερασοῦς, Greek: Κερασούντα), is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about west of the city of Trabzon. Etymology Giresun wa ...

, northern Turkey. She attended Atatürk

Anatolian High School Anatolian High School, or Anadolu High School ( tr, Anadolu Lisesi), refers to public high schools in Turkey that admit their students according to high nationwide standardized test (LGS) scores, though this is not required for entering all Anatol ...

in her hometown. She studies coaching in the

Selçuk University Selçuk University ( tr, Selçuk Üniversitesi) is a state-owned higher educational institution which was founded 1975 in Konya, Turkey. It is one of the largest universities in Turkey with a student body of 63,000 of which 2,200 are foreign stu ...

Sports Sciences Faculty.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bektas, Cansu 2003 births Living people Sportspeople from Giresun Turkish female weightlifters European Weightlifting Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in weightlifting Recipients of the Tereggi Medal 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey World Weightlifting Championships medalists Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games