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Yusuf Fehmi Genç
Turkish weightlifter (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yusuf Fehmi Genç (born 23 May 2002) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 73 kg division. He won the gold medal at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships.[1]
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In 2021, he won a bronze medal in his event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3]
At the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia, Yusuf Fehmi Genç, competing in the 67 kg category, placed eighth in the snatch with 140 kg, gold in the jerk with 182 kg, and fourth in the total with 322 kg.[4] With this success, he brought Turkey a gold medal in men's weightlifting for the first time in 7 years.[5]
Yusuf Fehmi Genç in men's 73 kg at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, placed ninth in the snatch with 146 kg, gold medal in the jerk with 186 kg and fifth in the total with 332 kg.[6]
Yusuf Fehmi Genç won the gold medal at the 2024 European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships held at the Raszyn Centrum Sports Hall in Warsaw, Poland, men's 67 kg category with 144 kg in the snatch, 176 kg in the jerk and 320 kg in total.[7] Yusuf Fehmi Genç finished third at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain, with 181 kg in the 67 kg weightlifting and 327 kg in total. He won 2 bronze medals with this degree.[8]
At the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships held in Chișinău, Moldova. Yusuf Fehmi Genç won the silver medal for snatch, and gold for jerk and total in the men's 73 kg . He broke the European record with 194 kg in the jerk. His 348 kg in total is equal to the European Record.[9]
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