Mehmet Yagci (born in

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) is an Australian male

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 54 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions. He participated at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in the 56 kg event. He competed at world championships, most recently at the

1997 World Weightlifting Championships The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14, 1997. In the men's tournament there were a total number of 189 athletes (51 nations) competing, while there were 143 women in action from ...

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* 1972 births Living people Australian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Australia Sportspeople from Sydney Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Australian people of Turkish descent Weightlifters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from New South Wales 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-weightlifting-bio-stub