Turkey · Women's 48 kg, April 2016
Nurcan Taylan
Nurcan Taylan is a weightlifter from Turkey, born in 1983, with one Olympic gold medal and two World Championships medals (1 silver, 1 bronze). The results below cover 23 competitions from 2002 to 2016. The latest result came in the women's 48 kg class, at the 2016 European Championships.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World medals
- 2
- Best total
- 210 kg
- Best snatch
- 97.5 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 112.5 kg
Nurcan Taylan's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 gold. World Championships: 1 silver, 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 48 kg in 2002, 53 kg in 2002, 48 kg in 2002, 53 kg in 2003, 48 kg from 2003 to 2004, 53 kg in 2005, 48 kg from 2006 to 2009, 53 kg in 2009, 48 kg from 2009 to 2014, 53 kg in 2015, 48 kg from 2015 to 2016. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 47.43 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 49 kg.
Latest result: 2016 European Championships, 8 April 2016, 48 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg2002 to 2016 | 97.5 | 112.5 | 210 |
| 53 kg2002 to 2015 | 90 | 110 | 200 |
Nurcan Taylan by the numbers
Nurcan Taylan's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.
- Best Sinclair score
- 330.5
- From 210 kg at 47.21 kg bodyweight, 2004 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 4th of 575
- 210 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 48 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 87%
- At the best total, 97.5 kg of 112.5 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten women lifting in national federation meets sit between 70% and 85%.
- Age at best total
- 21
- Turned 21 in 2004, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 8 of 23
- Of the other 15: four with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and eleven with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Nurcan Taylan makes each attempt
Nurcan Taylan made 52% of snatch attempts and 60% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.
Snatch, first attempt
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Nurcan Taylan head to head
The lifters Nurcan Taylan has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.
| Rival | Met | Nurcan Taylan ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Enga Mohamed |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Wang Mingjuan |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Gema Peris |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Izabela Dragneva |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Nurcan Taylan's competition results
Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.43 | 78 | 81 | 96 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.37 | 77 | 95 | ||||
| 2015 European Championships 10 Apr 2015 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.68 | 77 | 81 | 94 | 97 | ||
| 2015 ISSF Championships 10 Mar 2015 | - | - | 53 kg | 50.88 | 77 | 81 | 95 | 99 | 101 | |
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.6 | ||||||
| 2014 European Championships 5 Apr 2014 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.64 | 79 | 96 | ||||
| 2011 European Championships 11 Apr 2011 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.63 | 85 | 90 | not taken | 105 | not taken | |
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.88 | 90 | 93 | 112 | 116 | 121 | |
| 2010 European Championships 2 Apr 2010 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.76 | 85 | 90 | 108 | 118 | not taken | |
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.44 | 90 | 110 | 115 | |||
| 2009 Mediterranean Games 26 Jun 2009 | - | - | 53 kg | 51.88 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 105 | 109 | 112 |
| 2009 European Championships 4 Apr 2009 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.71 | 81 | 85 | 88 | 100 | 108 | |
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.84 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2008 European Championships 11 Apr 2008 | 1 | 196 | 48 kg | 47.61 | 87 | 105 | 109 | |||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.52 | 85 | |||||
| 2006 University World Cup 30 Jun 2006 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.96 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2005 University World Cup 8 Jul 2005 | 1 | 185 | 53 kg | 50.98 | 80 | 85 | not taken | 95 | 100 | not taken |
| 2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 | 1 | 210 | 48 kg | 47.21 | Snatch 97.5, clean and jerk 112.5; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 3 | 187.5 | 48 kg | 47.74 | 85 | 102.5 | ||||
| 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003 | 2 | 200 | 53 kg | 52.5 | 90 | 110 | ||||
| 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002 | 2 | 192.5 | 48 kg | 47.55 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 100 | 105 | ||
| 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002 | 3 | 175 | 53 kg | 51.36 | 75 | 80 | 90 | 95 | ||
| 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002 | 2 | 172.5 | 48 kg | 47.63 | 75 | 77.5 | 90 | 92.5 | 95 | |
Compare Nurcan Taylan
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Nurcan Taylan met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.