Showing posts with label Turkish Strong Woman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkish Strong Woman. Show all posts

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Powerful Muscular Woman - Nurcan Taylan, Turkish weightlifter

Nurcan Taylan (born October 29, 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 born in Mamak, Ankara as the third child of a poor family originating from the town of Hafik in Sivas, Central Anatolia. Taylan was discovered at age of eleven by the Turkish national athlete and her later coach Mehmet Üstündağ as he was her teacher in physical education at the Mamak Secondary School in Ankara.

Only 1.52 m (5 ft) tall, she lifted two World and five Olympic records in the women’s 48 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Nurcan Taylan is Turkey's first ever female Olympic gold medalist.

She is student of physical education and sports and member of the Yenimahalle Club in Ankara.






Monday, June 11, 2012

Strong Woman - Nurcan Çarkçı, Turkish female boxer

Nurcan Çarkçı Göksel is a Turkish female boxer. Since the end of 2006, she is member of the sports club Kıraç Municipality in Istanbul, Turkey.

She was a gold medalist in the light middleweight (70 kg) division at the 2nd European Women's Boxing Championship held in Pecs, Hungary between May 11 and 17, 2003. The next year, she won a silver medal at the 3rd European Women's Boxing Championship held in Riccione, Italy between October 3 and 10, 2004. She won a bronze medal at the 3rd World Women's Boxing Championship held between September 25 and October 2, 2005 in Podolsk, Russia. At the 5th AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship held between November 22 and 29, 2008 in Ningbo City, China, Nurcan Çarkçı became a bronze medalist in her division (70 kg).




Thursday, March 29, 2012

Sexy Strong Woman - Meltem Akar, Turkish female boxer

Meltem Akar (born May 12, 1982) is a Turkish female boxer competing in the light flyweight (48 kg) division.

She is the daughter of Şenol Akar, who was between 1975-1980 an active amateur boxer in Giresun.

Meltem Akar started boxing in 2006. She is coached by Metin Kısa. At the 2011 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships held in Katowice, Poland, she became champion.

Currently, she is a student of physical education and sports at the Black Sea Technical University.