Aylin Daşdelen

Aylin Daşdelen

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1982-01-01) January 1, 1982 (age 35) Yiğitler village, Yenifakılı, Yozgat
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	58 kg
Club	Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü
Medal record World Championships 2010 Antalya – 53 kg 2011 Paris – 53 kg 2003 Vancouver – 58 kg European Championships 2002 Antalya – 53 kg 2003 Loutraki – 58 kg 2010 Minsk – 53 kg 2011 Kazan – 53 kg 2004 Kiev – 58 kg 2009 Bucharest – 53 kg 2012 Antalya – 53 kg Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara – 58 kg Clean&Jerk 2013 Mersin – 58 kg Clean&Jerk 2013 Mersin – 58 kg Snatch 2009 Pescara – 58 kg Snatch

Aylin Daşdelen (born 1982 in Yiğitler village, Yenifakılı, Yozgat, Turkey) is a European champion Turkish female weightlifter competing in the Women's 53 kg and 58 kg divisions. At the championships held 2003 in Loutraki, Greece, she broke three European records, in snatch, clean&jerk and in total weight lifted of the -58 kg division.

Aylin is a member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü in İzmit.

She was born 1982 in Yiğitler village, Yenifakılı, Yozgat Province.

Aylin Daşdelen and her two teammates, Sibel Şimşek and Şule Şahbaz, filed in September 2004 complaints of sexual harassment against Mehmet Üstündağ, who was the coach of the Turkey national women’s weightlifting team. He was accused of repeated physical sexual molestation going back several years. The court ordered the arrest of him despite his denial. Daşdelen told a television news program that Üstündağ also made it a habit of "beating" his charges. She blamed the trainer also for the 1999 suicide of teammate Esma Can.

The only support for Üstündağ came from Nurcan Taylan, who in turn accused her three teammates of being "lesbians". Üstündağ came under investigation on similar charges in the 2000s, but the evidence was inconclusive.

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