Halil Mutlu

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Halil Mutlu
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born (1973-07-14) July 14, 1973 (age 50)
Postnik, Momchilgrad municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
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Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Weightlifting
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta –54 kg
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens –56 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Istanbul –54 kg
Gold medal – first place 1998 Lahti – 56 kg
Gold medal – first place 1999 Athens –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2001 Antalya –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2003 Vancouver –62 kg
Silver medal – second place 1993 Melbourne –54 kg
Silver medal – second place 1995 Guangzhou –54 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Sokolov –54 kg
Gold medal – first place 1995 Warsaw –54 kg
Gold medal – first place 1996 Stavanger –54 kg
Gold medal – first place 1997 Rijeka –54 kg
Gold medal – first place 1999 La Coruña –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sofia –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2001 Trencin –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2003 Loutraki –62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Sofia –62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro –56 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Wladyslawowo –52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Szekszard –52 kg


Halil Mutlu (born Halil Aliev (Bulgarian: Халил Алиев)[1] on July 14, 1973 in Postnik, Bulgaria) is a professional Turkish weightlifter with several World and Olympic championships. Mutlu is one of the four weightlifters achieving three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games. His weightlifting career includes five World championships, nine European championships and more than 20 world records at 52 kg (115 lb), 54 kg (119 lb) and 56 kg (123 lb) combined.

Career

In 1994, he won both the European and world championships, titles that would soon become commonplace for him. He made his first Olympic appearance in 1992 in the 52 kg category and finished fifth.[2] In 1996, in the 54 kg category, the reigning world champion and world record holder, Mutlu broke the world record in the snatch and went on to win the gold medal by 7.5 kg.[3] At the 1999 World Championships he beat silver medal winner Adrian Jigău by around 20 kg and set a new world record.[4] He remained undefeated until the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where he was even more dominant than he had been in Atlanta. This time he set world records in both the snatch and the clean and jerk and won by 17.5 kg in the 56 kg category.[5]

He was suffering from a shoulder injury in 2003 and temporarily moved to the 62 kg class. His career appeared in doubt after a torn right rotator cuff and ruptured biceps tendon sidelined him for most of 2002.

Mutlu dominated in his weight class since mid-1990s. By the time of the Athens Olympics in 2004, Mutlu won the world championship five times, although he had missed the 2002 season because of injury. In Athens he out lifted Wu Meijin of China by 5 kg in the snatch and then extended his lead in the jerk to earn victory by 7.5 kg. At 31, he captured his third consecutive gold medal at the Olympics in Athens.[6]

Steroid ban

In 2005, Mutlu was banned from international competition by the International Weightlifting Federation for 2 years for use of anabolic steroid Nandrolone, although he insists that he never knowingly took steroids. The Turkish Weightlifting Federation itself had been suspended by the IWF for "repeated anti-doping violations" until May 2006. He pulled out of the 2008 Beijing Olympics stating that he was not able to "lift my targeted weight in practice." As a penalty, he was expelled from the ASKI.[7]

Personal life

Mutlu is married and has lived in Ankara, Turkey since the early 1990s. He is a member of the Konya Kombassan Club in Konya and is coached by Ibrahim Elmali. Beside weightlifting, Mutlu enjoys wrestling.

Highlights

  • World junior champion (1993),
  • Five-time world champion (2003, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1994 - 1st; 1995, 1993 - 2nd.),
  • Nine-time European champion (2005, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994),
  • 25 gold medals (8 Snatch, 8 Clean and Jerk, 9 Total) in total at European Championships, winner of the most gold medals second after David Rigert with 27 gold medals,
  • Only fourth weightlifter to win three Olympic gold medals (2004, 2000, 1996),
  • Named as the "Sportsman of the year 1999" in Turkey,
  • He is one of five men in history to lift three times his bodyweight,

Medals

Olympics

Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
 Gold –56 kg 135.0 160.0 295.0 Athens, GRE Aug 17, 2004
 Gold –56 kg 137.5 167.5 WR 305.0 CWR Sydney, AUS Sep 16, 2000
 Gold –54 kg 132.5 155.0 287.5 Atlanta, GA, United States 1996

World Championships

Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
 Gold –62 kg 147.5 175.0 322.5 Vancouver, CAN Aug 6, 2003
 Gold –56 kg 138.5 WR 162.5 301.0 Antalya, TUR Nov 4, 2001
 Gold –56 kg 168.0 WR Trenčín, SVK Apr 24, 2001
 Gold –56 kg 137.5 165.0 302.5 WR Athens, GRE Nov 22, 1999
 Gold –56 kg 135.0 160.0 295.0 Lahti, FIN 1998
 Gold –54 kg 130.0 Guangzhou, CHN 1995
 Silver –54 kg 155.0 285.0 Guangzhou, CHN 1995
 Gold –54 kg 130.0 160.0 290.0 Istanbul, TUR 1994
 Silver –54 kg 122.5 152.5 275.0 Melbourne, AUS 1993

European Championships

Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date
 Gold –62 kg 140.0 167.5 307.5 Sofia, BUL Apr 20, 2005
 Gold –56 kg 120.0 149.0 269.0 Lignano Sabbiadoro, ITA Apr 14, 2008
 Gold –56 kg 138.5 168.0 305.0 Loutraki, GRE Apr 15, 2003
 Gold –56 kg 135.0 165.0 300.0 Sofia, BUL 2000
 Gold –56 kg 135.0 160.0 295.0 Coruña, ESP 1999
  • CWR: Current world record
  • WR: World record

See also

References

  1. ↑ Халил Мутлу: Децата ми не знаят български, но ще ги науча
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