Kaan Kahriman
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| Born | 9 December 2004 Antalya, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Bartın University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kaan Kahriman (born 9 December 2004) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 67 kg division. He won the gold medal at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships.[1]
Personal life
He attended Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak Middle School in his hometown Antalya,[2] and Eryaman Şehit Ertan Akgül Anatolian High School in Eryaman, Etimesgut, Ankara.[3] After completing his secondary education, he started studying in the Sport Science Faculty at Bartın University.[4]
Sport career
Kahriman received the bronze medal in the 62 kg total event at the 2018 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in San Donato Milanese , Italy.[2] He took the gold medal in the snatch event and the silver medal in total at the 61 kg division at the 2021 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[5] In 2022, he won the gold medal in the snatch event and the silver medal at the 61 kg division of the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.[6] He received the bronze medal in the 67 kg snatch event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[7] At the 67 kg division of the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, he won the silver medal in the snatch event and the bronze medal in total.[8]
Kaan Kahriman, who lifted 148 kilograms in the 67 kg snatch at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain, broke the world record in the junior weightlifting category and won the bronze medal.[9]
Kaan Kahriman won the gold medal with 146 kg in the snatch and silver medal with 170 kg in the Clean & Jerk, and became the European champion with 316 kg in total at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships held in Chisinau, Moldova.[10]
References
- ^ "Athletes / Bios - International Weightlifting Federation". iwf.sport.
- ^ a b "İtalya'da başlayan Yıldızlar ve 15 Yaş Altı Avrupa Halter Şampiyonası'na Antalyalı sporcu Kaan Kahriman damga vurdu" (in Turkish). Antalya Gençlik ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Öğrencimiz Kaan Kahriman, Gençler Dünya Halter Şampiyonu Oldu" (in Turkish). Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "BARÜ'lü milli halterci Kaan Kahriman'dan 1 altın, 1 bronz" (in Turkish). Bartın Üniversitesi. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ Avşar, Halil İbrahim (6 October 2021). "Dünya Yıldızlar Halter Şampiyonası'nda Kaan Kahriman ve Ertuğrul Seçgin dünya ikincisi oldu". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 18 April 2023. |
- ^ "Results by Events: 2022 IWF Junior World Championships". IWF.sport. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Konya 2021 İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda 34 Madalya". olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Büyükler Avrupa Halter Şampiyonası'nın 3. gününde 3 madalya". CNN Türk.
- ^ "Dünya Halter Şampiyonası'nda milli sporcular, 3 madalya kazandı".
- ^ "Milli halterci Kaan Kahriman Avrupa şampiyonu!". milliyet.com.tr. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
External links
- Kaan Kahriman at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Kaan Kahriman at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Kaan Kahriman at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Kaan Kahriman at the International Weightlifting Results Project