Aylin Daşdelen (born 1 January 1982) is a Turkish female

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competing in the Women's 53 kg and 58 kg divisions. At the championships held in 2003 in

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, Greece, she broke three European records, in snatch, clean&jerk and in total weight lifted of the -58 kg division.

Aylin Aylin (, ), also spelled as Aelyn, Aelin, Ailin, Ailyn, Ailynn, Aylinn and Eylin, is a female Turkish name, Turkish given name. It is sometimes used as a given name in the English-speaking world in modern times. The name Aylin means "moon halo" or ...

is a member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü in

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Early life

She was born 1982 in Yiğitler village,

Yenifakılı Yenifakılı is a town in Yozgat Province in the Central Anatolia Region, Turkey, Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Yenifakılı District.

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Scandal

Aylin Daşdelen and her two teammates,

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and Şule Şahbaz, filed in September 2004 complaints of

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against Mehmet Üstündağ, who was the coach of the Turkey national women's weightlifting team. He was accused of repeated physical

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going back several years. The court ordered the arrest of him despite his denial. Daşdelen told a television news program that Üstündağ also made it a habit of "beating" his charges. She blamed the trainer also for the 1999 suicide of teammate Esma Can. The only support for Üstündağ came from Nurcan Taylan, who in turn accused her three teammates of being "

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". Üstündağ came under investigation on similar charges in the 2000s, but the evidence was inconclusive.

Achievements

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: Legend: *ER European record

References

External links

Aylin Daşdelen at Weightlifting Database
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