Sara YenigünLtun
Personal information
Born (2002-10-01) 1 October 2002
Seyhan, Adana, Turkey
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Weight class81 kg
ClubAdana G.S.K.
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Yerevan81 kg C&J
Junior World Championshipss
Bronze medal – third place2022 Heraklion87 kg C&J
European Junior & U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Durrës87 kg J
Silver medal – second place2021 Rovaniemi81 kg J
European Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Eilat71 kg

Sara Yenigün (born 1 October 2002) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 81 kg division.

Personal life

Born on 1 October 2002, Sara Yenigün is a native of Seyhan, Adana. She attended Şehit Zafer Oluk Middle School in her hometown. After completing her secondary education, she started studying Sport coaching at the Physical Education College of the Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University.[1]

Sport career

Yenigün was impressed while watching students exercising this sport in her school. Although told by the boys that this sport is not for girls, she started weightlifting with the advice of her gym teacher in 2015. The same year, she became champion in the 58 kg division of her age category at the Turkish Intraschool Championships. In 2021, she became the Turkish Juniors champion in the 81 kg, and in 2022 Turkish senior women champion in the 87 kg division. [1]

She is a member of Adana Gençlik Spor Club,[1] and exercise in the Turkey Olympics Preparation Center (Turkish: Türkiye Olimpik Hazırlık Merkezi, TOHM) in Konya.[2]

Yenigün debuted internationally in Europe championships in 2017, and competed in 2018 as well.[1] She received the silver medal in the 71 kg clean & jerk event and the bronze medal in total at the 2019 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in Eilat, Israel.[2] She competed in the 88 kg division at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan ranking fifth. The same year in Rovaniemi, Finnland, she won the bronze medal in the snatch, the gold medal in the clean & jerk event taking the silver medal in total of the Juniors 81 kg division.[3] Despite the serious injuries she suffered in 2022, she captured all three gold medals that year in the Juniors 87 kg division at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Durrës, Albania.[4] She took the bronze medal in the 87 kg clean & jerk event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece.[5] She took the bronze medal in the 81 kg clean & jerk event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.[6]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Weight Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
(kg)Rank(kg)Rank(kg)Rank
2019 European Youth ChampionshipsIsrael Eilat, Israel71 kg874th1132nd place, silver medalist(s)2003rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021 European Junior & U23 ChampionshipsFinland Rovaniemi, Finland81 kg913rd place, bronze medalist(s)1221st place, gold medalist(s)2122nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022 European Junior & U23 ChampionshipsAlbania Durrës, Albania87 kg951st place, gold medalist(s)1231st place, gold medalist(s)2181st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior World ChampionshipsGreece Heraklion, Greecw87 kg909th1273rd place, bronze medalist(s)2176th
2023 European ChampionshipsArmenia Yerevan, Armenia81 kg1004th1313rd place, bronze medalist(s)2314th

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sara Yenigün hedefine dünya şampiyonluğunu koydu". Gazete (in Turkish). 21 June 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Sara Yenigün" (in Turkish). Konya Gençlik ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Markupçu, Hakan (1 October 2021). "Konyalı halterciler Avrupa ikincisi". Yeni Meram (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Özkul, Abdullah (14 November 2022). "Milli halterci Sara Yenigün, sakatlıktan kurtulup 3 altın madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Uğur, Hüseyin Avni (11 May 2022). "Sara Yenigün, Dünya üçüncüsü oldu". Yeni Meram (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Halterde Dilara Narin ve Sara Yenigün'den 4 madalya". Sözcü (in Turkish). 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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