Hurşit Atak
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
May 24, 1991 Şırnak, Turkey | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st) | |||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | –62 kg | |||||||||||||||
| Club | ASKİ Sports Club, Ankara | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hurşit Atak (born May 24, 1991) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the −62 kg division.[1] He is a native of Şırnak in southeastern Turkey.[2] Currently, he is a member of the ASKİ Sports Club in Ankara.[3]
Career
Hırşit Atak was born to a village guard father in Şırnak on May 23, 1991. He has fourteen siblings, one of them being his twin brother.[4]
Atak became champion already at the national high school tournament held 2005 in Konya. In 2006, he became national champion in his age category in Aydın.[2]
At the 2010 World Junior Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria, he won three silver medals in the 62 kg division.[1] Atak won the silver medal in the Clean&Jerk category and the bronze medal lifting 289.0 kg in total at the 2011 European Championships in Kazan, Russia.[4] Ge won the gold medal in Clean&Jerk and in total at the 2016 European Championships held in Førde, Norway.[5]
Medals
- European Championships
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean&Jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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 Gold | –62 kg | 170.0 |  Norway, Førde | Apr 10–16, 2016 | ||
| Gold | 296.0 | |||||
 Silver | –62 kg | 161.0 |  Russia, Kazan | Apr 11–17, 2011 | ||
 Bronze | 289.0 |
- World Junior Championships
| Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean&Jerk | Total | Place | Date |
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| Silver | –62 kg | 126.0 |  Bulgaria, Sofia | June 11–20, 2010 | ||
| Silver | 160.0 | |||||
| Silver | 286.0 |
References
- 1 2 "Hurşit Atak' tan 3 Gümüşlü Dünya İkinciliği..." (in Turkish). Türkiye Halter Federasyonu. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- 1 2 "Haltercilerin Hedefi Büyük". Şırnak Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- ↑ "Hurşit Çok Atak!..." (in Turkish). ASKİ Spor. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- 1 2 "15 kardeşli şampiyon". EuroSport (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ↑ "Avrupa Halter Şampiyonası'nda Türkiye'den 3 altın madalya". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2016-04-12.