Yusuf Fehmi Genç Explained

Yusuf Fehmi Genç (born 23 May 2002) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 73 kg division.^[1]

Career

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]

External links

• IWF
• IWRP

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletes Bio's - GENC Fehmi Yusuf. 2023-08-27.
2. News: Oliver. Brian. 25 May 2021. Weightlifting world record for Ukraine's Konotop - but no guarantee of Olympic place. InsideTheGames.biz. 29 May 2021.
3. Web site: 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731200747/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/05/2021_IWF_JUNIOR_ResultsBook.pdf. 31 July 2021. 31 July 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
4. Web site: Milli halterci Yusuf Fehmi Genç dünya şampiyonu oldu .
5. Web site: Dünya şampiyonu milli halterci Yusuf Fehmi Genç'in yeni hedefi olimpiyat madalyası .
6. Web site: Halterde Yusuf Fehmi Genç’ten altın madalya. 2023-08-27. tr.