Turkey · Women's +75 kg, April 2009

Şule Şahbaz

Şule Şahbaz is a weightlifter from Turkey, born in 1978, with three World Championships medals (2 silver, 1 bronze). The results below cover 4 competitions from 1998 to 2009. The latest result came in the women's +75 kg class, at the 2009 European Championships.

World medals
3
Best total
247.5 kg
Best snatch
115 kg
Best clean and jerk
135 kg
Career

Şule Şahbaz's career: classes, totals and best lifts

World Championships: 2 silver, 1 bronze in the total.

Weight classes: 75 kg from 1998 to 2003, +75 kg in 2009. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 89.06 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +86 kg.

Latest result: 2009 European Championships, 4 April 2009, +75 kg, total 228 kg, place 6.

Şule Şahbaz: totals from the 4 competitions with a total, 1998 to 2009, best 247.5 kg in 2001.2102352601998200020022004200620081998 World Weightlifting Championships, 10 Nov 1998: 220 kg2001 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2001: 247.5 kg2003 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Nov 2003: 242.5 kg2009 European Championships, 4 Apr 2009: 228 kg
Şule Şahbaz: totals from the 4 competitions with a total, 1998 to 2009, best 247.5 kg in 2001.2102352601998200220061998 World Weightlifting Championships, 10 Nov 1998: 220 kg2001 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2001: 247.5 kg2003 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Nov 2003: 242.5 kg2009 European Championships, 4 Apr 2009: 228 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
+75 kg2009 2009 108 120 228
75 kg1998 to 2003 1998 to 2003 115 135 247.5
Numbers

Şule Şahbaz by the numbers

Şule Şahbaz'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
297.4
From 247.5 kg at 74.26 kg bodyweight, 2001 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
44th of 626
247.5 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 75 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
83%
At the best total, 112.5 kg of 135 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
23
Turned 23 in 2001, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
4 of 4
A total at every competition listed.
Rivals

Şule Şahbaz head to head

The lifters Şule Şahbaz 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 Şule Şahbaz ahead Rival ahead
Radomíra Ševčíková 3 3 0
Results

Şule Şahbaz'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
2009 European Championships 4 Apr 2009 6 228 +75 kg 89.06 100107 kg missed108120126 kg missed126 kg missed
2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 3 242.5 75 kg 74.4 110115117.5 kg missed127.5135 kg missed135 kg missed
2001 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2001 2 247.5 75 kg 74.26 107.5112.5116.5 kg missed125 kg missed127.5135
1998 World Weightlifting Championships 10 Nov 1998 2 220 75 kg 74.08 100105 kg missed105 kg missed120125 kg missed125 kg missed
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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Şule Şahbaz met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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