Turkey · Women's 48 kg, April 2016
Sibel Özkan
Sibel Özkan is a weightlifter from Turkey, born in 1988, with three World Championships medals (1 gold, 2 silver). The results below cover 17 competitions from 2005 to 2016. The latest result came in the women's 48 kg class, at the 2016 European Championships.
- World medals
- 3
- Best total
- 206 kg
- Best snatch
- 90 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 117 kg
Sibel Özkan's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 gold, 2 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 48 kg from 2005 to 2009, 53 kg in 2010, 48 kg from 2010 to 2014, 53 kg in 2015, 48 kg in 2015, 53 kg in 2015, 48 kg from 2015 to 2016. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 47.68 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, total 182 kg, place 1.
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 kg2005 to 2016 | 90 | 117 | 206 |
| 53 kg2010 to 2015 | 84 | 108 | 192 |
Sibel Özkan by the numbers
Sibel Özkan'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
- 321.2
- From 206 kg at 47.82 kg bodyweight, 2009 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 7th of 575
- 206 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
- 76%
- At the best total, 89 kg of 117 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 2009, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 15 of 17
- Of the other two: one with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Sibel Özkan makes each attempt
Sibel Özkan made 55% of snatch attempts and 63% 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
Sibel Özkan head to head
The lifters Sibel Özkan 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 | Sibel Özkan ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Carolina Valencia Hernandez | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Sibel Özkan'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 | 1 | 182 | 48 kg | 47.68 | 81 | 82 | 100 | not taken | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 8 | 186 | 48 kg | 47.97 | 83 | 103 | ||||
| 2015 IWF Grand Prix 21 Sep 2015 | 4 | 181 | 53 kg | 51.62 | 77 | 81 | 100 | |||
| 2015 European Championships 10 Apr 2015 | 1 | 179 | 48 kg | 47.38 | 79 | 80 | 99 | not taken | ||
| 2015 ISSF Championships 10 Mar 2015 | 1 | 182 | 53 kg | 50.36 | 77 | 81 | 95 | 99 | 101 | |
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 2 | 189 | 48 kg | 47.27 | 82 | 84 | 103 | 105 | ||
| 2013 Mediterranean Games 20 Jun 2013 | - | - | 48 kg | 46.96 | 75 | 78 | ||||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 1 | 205 | 48 kg | 47.72 | 87 | 90 | 110 | 115 | ||
| 2010 European Championships 2 Apr 2010 | 4 | 192 | 53 kg | 51.84 | 78 | 84 | 100 | 106 | 108 | |
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 2 | 206 | 48 kg | 47.82 | 89 | 110 | 115 | 117 | ||
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.8 | 85 | 88 | 108 | 111 | ||
| 2008 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 12 Jun 2008 | 1 | 190 | 48 kg | 47.78 | 81 | 84 | 101 | 104 | 106 | |
| 2008 European Championships 11 Apr 2008 | 2 | 196 | 48 kg | 47.99 | 86 | 106 | 110 | |||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 4 | 192 | 48 kg | 47.14 | 84 | 104 | 108 | |||
| 2007 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 10 Jun 2007 | 1 | 181 | 48 kg | 47.12 | 79 | 98 | 102 | |||
| 2006 University World Cup 30 Jun 2006 | 4 | 157 | 48 kg | 47.46 | 67 | 70 | 87 | |||
| 2005 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 17 May 2005 | 3 | 158 | 48 kg | 46.25 | 68 | 87 | 90 |
Compare Sibel Özkan
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Sibel Özkan met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

