Emine Bilgin

Emine Bilgin
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1984-07-15) 15 July 1984 (age 42)
Turkey
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
53 kg, 58 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2002 Warsaw58 kg S
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 Trenčín53 kg
Silver medal – second place2002 Antalya53 kg
Silver medal – second place2003 Loutraki58 kg
Bronze medal – third place2009 Bucharest53 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2001 Tunis58 kg S
Gold medal – first place2001 Tunis58 kg C
Gold medal – first place2005 Almeria58 kg S
Silver medal – second place2009 Pescara53 kg C
Bronze medal – third place2005 Almeria58 kg C

Emine Bilgin (born 15 July 1984) is a Turkish weightlifter who competed in the 53 kg and 58 kg divisions. She is a European champion, a World Championships bronze medalist, and a multiple medalist at the Mediterranean Games representing Turkey between 2000 and 2010.

Career

Bilgin began competing internationally at a young age and achieved her first major success at the 2001 European Weightlifting Championships in Trenčín, Slovakia, where she won the gold medal in the 53 kg division. She later earned a bronze medal in the snatch event at the 2002 World Weightlifting Championships in Warsaw, and continued to collect medals at continental level — silver in Antalya (2002), silver in Loutraki (2003), and bronze in Bucharest (2009).

At the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, she claimed two gold medals (snatch and clean & jerk), and added a bronze at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara. She was highlighted in Turkish media at the time as one of the rising stars of women’s weightlifting, with newspapers like Hürriyet describing her as a symbol of success for Turkish female athletes.

While training in Çorum for the upcoming 2010 European Weightlifting Championships, Emine Bilgin was tested positive to banned substance in a routine check. She was later officially suspended from competition until March 28, 2014.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Weightlifting Championships
2002Poland Warsaw, Poland58 kg92.595.097.53rd place, bronze medalist(s)—————3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Weightlifting Championships
2001Slovakia Trenčín, Slovakia53 kg———1st place, gold medalist(s)—————1st place, gold medalist(s)
2002Turkey Antalya, Turkey53 kg———2nd place, silver medalist(s)—————2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2003Greece Loutraki, Greece58 kg———2nd place, silver medalist(s)—————2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2009Romania Bucharest, Romania53 kg83.0——3rd place, bronze medalist(s)103.0——3rd place, bronze medalist(s)186.03rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mediterranean Games
2001Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia58 kg88.091.0—1st place, gold medalist(s)108.0110.0—1st place, gold medalist(s)201.01st place, gold medalist(s)
2009Italy Pescara, Italy53 kg———3rd place, bronze medalist(s)———3rd place, bronze medalist(s)—3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ Elif Ergu (15 October 2001). "Halter güzelleşti!". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Emine Bilgin" (in Turkish). Titanos. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Emine Bilgin – Türkiye Olimpiyat Komitesi". Türkiye Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Halterde mutluyuz". Hürriyet. 25 April 2001. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Bayanlar Avrupa Halter Şampiyonası başladı". Hürriyet. 25 April 2001. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Milli halterci Emine Bilgin'de doping çıktı". Star (in Turkish). 4 April 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "List of competitors suspended in 2010". IWF. Retrieved 28 October 2011.