Daniyar Ismayilov (born 3 February 1992) is a Turkmen

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 ...

currently competing for

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. He competed for Turkmenistan at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He competed for Turkey at

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

and won a silver medal (total 351 kg.) In 2021, his doping test came back positive for the second time.

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Turkmenistan male weightlifters Ethnic Turkmen people Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Turkmenistan Olympic weightlifters of Turkey Turkish male weightlifters Turkish people of Turkmenistan descent 1992 births World Weightlifting Championships medalists Living people People from Lebap Region European champions for Turkey Olympic silver medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games European Weightlifting Championships medalists {{Turkmenistan-weightlifting-bio-stub