Nurcan Taylan

Nurcan Taylan
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1983-10-29) 29 October 1983
Ankara, Turkey
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWeightlifting
Event– 48 kg
ClubYenimahalle Sports Club, Ankara
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 97.5 kg (2004)
  • Clean and jerk: 112.5 kg (2004)
  • Total: 210 kg (2004)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2004 Athens– 48 kg
World Championships
Disqualified2010 Antalya–48 kg
2002 Warsaw–48 kg
2003 Vancouver–48 kg
Disqualified2009 Goyang–48 kg
European Championships
2003 Loutraki–53 kg
2004 Kyiv–53 kg
2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro–48 kg
Disqualified2009 Bucharest–48 kg
Disqualified2010 Minsk–48 kg
Disqualified2011 Kazan–48 kg
2007 Strasbourg–48 kg
Disqualified2014 Tel Aviv–48 kg
Disqualified2015 Tbilisi–48 kg
2002 Antalya–48 kg
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almería– 53 kg
Disqualified2009 Pescara– 53 kg

Nurcan Taylan (born 29 October 1983 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record (and tied two more world records). She was banned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid Methandienone for two years starting on 26 October 2011.

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