Batu Han Yüksel
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 October 1999 Ankara, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 81–kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pursaklar Belediye S.K. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Batu Han Yüksel (born 4 October 1999), also known as Batuhan Yüksel, is a Turkish weight lifter competing in the 81 kg division.
Personal life
Batu Han Yüksel was born in Ankara, Turkey on 4 October 1999.[1]
Sport career
Yüksel is a member of Pursaklar Belediye Sports Club in Ankara.[2]
He placed eight in the 62 kg division at the 2016 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Nowy Tomyśl, Poland.[3] He competed in the Juniors category at the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, and took the silver medal in the clean & jerk event and the bronze medal in total.[1] At the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania, he ranked 7th n the 73 kg division. In 2022, he competed in the 81 kg division at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[4] He won the silver medal in the 81 kg snatch event, the bronze medal in the clean & jerk and became silver medalist in total at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.[1][5]
In September 2023, Yüksel was issued with an eight-year ban for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for oxymetholone.[6]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Weight | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | |||
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| (kg) | Rank | (kg) | Rank | (kg) | Rank | ||||
| 2019 | European Junior & U23 Championships |  Bucharest, Romania | 73 kg | 135 | 5th | 177 |  | 312 |  |
| 2023 | European Championships |  Yerevan, Armenia | 81 kg | 152 | | 187 | | 339 | |
References
- 1 2 3 "Milli halterci Batuhan Yüksel kimdir? Batuhan Yüksel kaç yaşında?". Cumhuriye (in Turkish). 20 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ "Pursaklar Belediye Spor Kulübü sporcusu Batuhan Yüksel, Avrupa ikincisi oldu". İlk Sayfa (in Turkish). 23 October 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ "Madalya Yağmuru Devam Ediyor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Halter Federasyonu. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ "Kpmya 2021 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları - Team Türkiye Kadromuz" (PDF). olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ Gazioğlu, Fatih (19 April 2023). "Milli halterci Batuhan Yüksel, Avrupa ikincisi oldu". Abadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ "Milli halterci Batu Han Yüksel'e 8 yıl ceza" [8 years sentence for national weightlifter Batu Han Yüksel]. NTV (in Turkish). 20 September 2023.