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Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Balıkesir, Turkey |
March 21, 1980 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 43 kg (95 lb) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Powerlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | -56 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıtspor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Şule Şahbaz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paralympic finals | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Özlem Becerikli (born March 21, 1980 in Balıkesir, Turkey) is a Turkish female powerlifter of class PO competing in the -56 kg division, and a Paralympian. She is a member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıtspor, where she is coached by Şule Şahbaz.
Becerikli took the bronze medal in the -52 kg division at the 2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championships held in Kuala Lumpur, Malesia. Özlem was the winner of another bronze medal taken at the Fazza International Powerlifting Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2010. In 2011, she became bronze medalist at the Arafura Games in Darwin, Australia.
She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Paralympics.