Erdal Sunar

Erdal Sunar
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1982-05-01) 1 May 1982 (age 44)
Kütahya, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWeightlifting
Event
–85 kg
Coached byHilmi Pekünlü
Medal record
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2004 Kyiv–85 kg
World University Championships
Silver medal – second place2004 Frederick–85 kg}

Erdal Sunar (born 1 May 1982 in Kütahya, Turkey) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the –85 kg division.

He studied physical education and sports at the Kütahya Dumlupınar University, and graduated in 2005. Erdal Sunar started with weightlifting in 1994, and is coached since then by Hilmi Pekünlü. In 1998, he was admitted to the national team.

He married in 2006 to Müslime, a French policewoman. A member of a Turkish family immigrated to France, she competes in the –63 kg division of women's weightlifting for France.

Achievements

World Weightlifting Championships
RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Silver–85 kg172.5Vancouver, CND17 November 2003
European Weightlifting Championships
RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Bronze–85 kgKyiv, UKR2004
World University Championships
RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Gold–85 kg155.0Frederick, USA5 Jul 2004
 Bronze185.0
 Silver340.0
 Silver–94 kg162.0Komotini, GRE27 Nov 2008
European Junior Championships
RankDisciplineSnatchClean&JerkTotalPlaceDate
 Silver–77 kg155.0Kalmar, SWE6 Sep 2001

References

  1. 1 2 "Results-Weightlifting 2008 Komotini Greece-1st World University Championship" (PDF). FISU. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Milli Sporcularımız-Erdal Sunar" (in Turkish). Kütahya İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü. 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Türk çift iki milli forma için yarıştı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 23 September 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Evli ve Farklı." Spor Bul (in Turkish). 17 September 2007. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Turkey". IAT Weightlifting Database. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Erdal Sunar gümüş kaldırdı". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 21 November 2003. Retrieved 8 November 2011.