Erol Bilgin (born 20 February 1987 in Kütahya,

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) is a Turkish European champion in

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competing in the 62 kg division. He was disqualified from the Olympics for an anti- doping violation.

Career

He was born in the western

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n city of Kütahya. Bilgin started weightlifting in 1998 at the Kütahya Gençlik Merkezi S.K. Two years later, he transferred to Tarım Kredi S.K. He is coached by Hilmi Pekünlü. Bilgin is tall and weighs . He ranked 8th in the 62kg category at the 2012 Olympics, but was subsequently disqualified for an anti- doping violation; re-analysis of Bilgin's samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances

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(Oral

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) and

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Achievements

World Championships European Championships University World Championships World Junior Championships European Junior Championships European Youth 17 Championships European Under 16 Championships ER: European Record

World rank

Bilgin ranked 12th in the world list as of 2008, sharing the place with

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from

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, with his result of 295 kg in total achieved at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships held in

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* * * * 1987 births Living people People from Kütahya Turkish male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Turkey Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics European champions in weightlifting European champions for Turkey World Weightlifting Championships medalists Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting European Weightlifting Championships medalists Doping cases in weightlifting Turkish sportspeople in doping cases 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-weightlifting-bio-stub