Bediha Tunadağı (born 20 August 1985 in
Gaziantep
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, Turkey) is a
Turkish weightlifter
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competing in the – 58 kg division.
Career
The tall sportswoman is a member of Gaziantep Halter İhtisas S.K. in her hometown,
where she is coached by Mehmet Doğan.
As of July 2012, her best accomplishment at international level is a fourth place achieved at the
2011 European Weightlifting Championships in
Kazan
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,
Russia
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.
Tunadağı qualified to participate at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
Achievements
References
1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gaziantep
Turkish female weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters for Turkey
Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
20th-century Turkish sportswomen
21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey
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