Cansu Bektaş
Turkish weightlifter (born 2003)
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Cansu Bektaş (born 23 November 2003) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 45 kg division. She is three-time European (2023, 2024 and 2025) champion and European Youth, Juniors and U23 record holder.[1]
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| Born | 23 November 2003 Giresun, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Selçuk University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 45 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sport career
Bektaş won the silver medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.[2][3] She took three silver medals at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[4] At the e 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, she captured three gold medals in snatch, clean&jerk and total, breakinge European records for Juniors with 72 kg in snatch, 90 in clean&jerk and 162 kg in total.[5] At the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she won the gold medal in the Snatch event with 75 kg, the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk event with 88 kg and the gold medal in total with 163 kg. Her total lift became the new European U23 record.[6]
Cansu Bektaş became the European Champion for the third time at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships in Chișinău, Moldova, winning the silver medal with 76 kg in the snatch, silver with 90 kg in the clean & jerk and gold with 166 kg in total.[7]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Weight | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | |||
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| 2019 | Youth World Championships |  Las Vegas, United States | 40 kg | 54 |  | 63 | | 120 | |
| European Youth Championships |  Eilat, Israel | 40 kg | 55 EYR | | 67 EYR | | 122 EYR | | |
| 2021 | World Junior Championships |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 45 kg | 70 | | 84 | | 154 | |
| 2022 | World Junior Championships |  Heraklion, Greece | 45 kg | 65 |  | 85 | | 150 | |
| European Championships |  Tirana, Albania | 45 kg | 68 | 4 | 85 | | 153 | | |
| Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | 45 kg | 65 | | 86 | | 151 | | |
| European Junior & U23 Championships | Durrës, Albania | 45 kg | 70 | | 87 | | 157 | | |
| 2023 | European Championships |  Yerevan, Armenia | 45 kg | 72 EJR | | 90 EJR | | 162 EJR | |
| World Championships |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 45 kg | 75 |  | 87 | | 162 | | |
| World Junior Championships |  Guadalajara, Spain | 45 kg | 73 | | 90 | | 163 | | |
| 2024 | European Championships |  Sofia, Bulgaria | 45 kg | 75 | | 88 | | 163 EU23R | |
| 2025 | European Championships |  Chișinău, Moldova | 45 kg | 76 | | 90 | | 166 | |
Personal life
Cansu Bektaş , born on 23 November 2003, is a native of Giresun, northern Turkey. She attended Atatürk Anatolian High School in her hometown.[8] She studies coaching in the Selçuk University Sports Sciences Faculty.[9]
