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Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ankara, Turkey | 4 October 1999||||||||||||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Batu Han Yüksel was born in Ankara, Turkey on 4 October 1999. [1]
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]
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 |