Kahriman received the bronze medal in the 62 kg total event at the 2018 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in San Donato Milanese
, Italy.[2]
He took the gold medal in the snatch event and the silver medal in total at the 61 kg division at the 2021 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[5] In 2022, he won the gold medal in the snatch event and the silver medal at the 61 kg division of the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.[6] He received the bronze medal in the 67 kg snatch event at the
2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[7] At the 67 kg division of the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, he won the silver medal in the snatch event and the bronze medal in total.[8]
Kaan Kahriman, who lifted 148 kilograms in the 67 kg snatch at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain, broke the world record in the junior weightlifting category and won the bronze medal.[9]
Kaan Kahriman won the gold medal with 146 kg in the snatch and silver medal with 170 kg in the Clean & Jerk, and became the European champion with 316 kg in total at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships held in Chișinău, Moldova.[10]
| Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Weight |
Snatch |
Clean & Jerk |
Total |
|---|
| (kg) | Rank | (kg) | Rank | (kg) | Rank |
| 2018 |
European Youth Championships |  San Donato Milanese, Italy | 62 kg | 95 | 4th | 112 | 6th | 207 |  |
| 2021 |
World Junior Championships |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 61 kg | 118 | 5th | 138 | 9th | 256 | 4th |
| European Youth Championships |  Ciechanów, Poland | 61 kg | 122 |  | 135 |  | 257 | |
| Youth World Championships |  Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 61 kg | 123
YWR | | 141 | 4th | 264 | |
| 2022 |
World Junior Championships |  Heraklion, Greece | 61 kg | 126 | | 143 | 7th | 269 | |
| European Championships |  Tirana, Albania | 61 kg | 126 | 5th | 145 | 6th | 271 | 6th |
| Islamic Solidarity Games |  Konya, Turkey | 67 kg | 138 | | 158 | 8th | 296 | 6th |
| European Junior & U23 Championships | Durrës, Albania | 67 kg | 137 | | 156 | 5th | 293 | |
| World Championships |  Bogotá, Colombia | 67 kg | 141 | 6th | 165 | 12th | 306 | 10th |
| 2023 |
European Championships |  Yerevan, Armenia | 67 kg | 141 | | 160 | 6th | 301 | |
| European Junior & U23 Championships |  Bucharest, Romania | 67 kg | 137 | | 156 | | 293 | |
| World Championships | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 67 kg | 137 | 6th | 161 | 10th | 298 | 10th |
| 2024 |
European Championships |  Sofia, Bulgaria | 67 kg | 142 | | 168 | | 310 | |
| World Junior Championships |  León, Spain | 67 kg | 143 | | 169 | | 312 | |
| European Junior & U23 Championships | Raszyn, Poland | 67 kg | 144 | | 156 | | 300 | |
| World Championships |  Manama, Bahrain | 67 kg | 148
JWR | | 175 | 5th | 323 | 5th |
| 2025 |
European Championships |  Chișinău, Moldova | 67 kg | 146 | | 170 | | 316 | |
| World Championships |  Førde, Norway | 71 kg | 148 | 7th | 180 | 8th | 328 | 7th |
