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Dilfiroz Kuzdağı

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Dilfiroz Kuzdağı
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1982-01-01) 1 January 1982 (age 42)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
SportPowerlifting
Event-67 kg
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking7th (25 February 2016)
Medal record
Women's powerlifting
Representing  Turkey
IPC European Open Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Eger -67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Aleksin -67 kg

Dilfiroz Kuzdağı (born 1 January 1982) is a Turkish powerlifter competing in the -67 kg division. She represented her country at the 2016 Paralympics.

Early life

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Kuzdağı was born on 1 January 1982.[1] She succumbed to polio as she was seven months old. She became disabled with impaired muscle power.[2][3]

The mother of two divorced in 2013 as her spouse did not want she performed sport staying away from home for training camps.[2][3]

Currently, she is a student of coaching education at the School of Physical Education and Sports of Gaziantep University.[2][3]

Sporting career

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Kuzdağı began her sporting career with arm wrestling in 2008, and switched over to powerlifting in 2012.[2][3]

She was admitted to the national team after winning the Turkish championship. She internationally debuted in 2013 at the IPC Powerliftng European Open Championships in Aleksin, Russia,[3] and became silver medalist by lifting 85 kg.[2] She lifted 95 kg, and won the silver medal at the 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships in Eger, Hungary.[1][3][4]

She earned a quota spot for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[5]

As of 25 February 2016, Kuzdağı ranks at seventh place of her weight division in the IPC Powerlifting World Ranking List.[6] She ranks second at European level.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2015 IPC Powelifting European Open Championships - Results Book" (PDF). Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Yalçınkaya, Halife (17 October 2015). "Engelsiz" şampiyonların gözü olimpiyatta". Memleket (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Athletes - Kuzdagi Dilfiroz". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Avrupa Halter Şampiyonası'nda Madalya" (in Turkish). Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Dilfiroz Kuzdağı Rio'da". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 24 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  6. ^ "IPC Powerlifting Rankings Official World Rankings 2016". IPC Powerlifting. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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