Nurcan Taylan (born 29 October 1983 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record (and tied two more world records). She was banned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid Methandienone for two years starting on 26 October 2011.
Career She was born in Mamak, Ankara as the third child of a poor family from the town of Hafik in Sivas, Central Anatolia. Taylan was discovered aged 11 by the Turkish national athlete and her later coach Mehmet Üstündağ as he was her teacher in physical education at the Mamak Secondary School in Ankara.
Only tall, she lifted two World and five Olympic records in the women's 48 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Taylan is Turkey's first ever female Olympic gold medalist.
Scandals In September 2004, a Turkish court ordered the arrest of the coach of the Turkish women's weightlifting team, Mehmet Üstündağ, after three female athletes filed complaints of sexual harassment against him. In court, Üstündağ denied allegations of repeated physical sexual molestation going back several years, fielded by Sibel Şimşek, Aylin Daşdelen and Şule Şahbaz, all of them members of the Turkish women's team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
But the court ordered him to be placed under detention in view of the "alleged crime's nature, the evidence collected and feelings of anger it has inspired in the public". The allegations first hit the media in early September when the three athletes gave extensive interviews to newspapers and television channels. Daşdelen told a television news program that Üstündağ also made it a habit of "beating" his charges, going so far as to blame the trainer for the 1999 suicide of teammate Esma Can. The only support for Üstündağ came from Taylan, who in turn "accused" her three teammates of being lesbians. Turkish sports officials immediately launched an official investigation. Üstündağ had come under investigation on similar charges four years ago, but the evidence was inconclusive. The Turkish Weightlifting Federation did not allow Taylan to participate at the 2005 European Weightlifting Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Doping case She was banned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid Methandienone for four years starting on 26 October 2011. Taylan missed the London Olympics.
In October 2012, her suspension was shortened to two years that would allow her to return to action on 26 October 2013.
DQ and change results Taylan was disqualified (DQ) and all results were invalidated from 2008 Summer Olympics to 2016 Summer Olympics.
Major results https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=taylan-nurcan-1983-10-29&id=91
Team Points: 28-25-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to 25th place for the individual lifts and the total.
Disqualified from 24 Medals:
2G, 5S, 1B (8 Medals) in World Championships 10G, 2S, 2B (14 Medals) in Euro Championships 2G (2 Medals) in Mediterranean Games
YearVenue Weight RankSnatchCl&JerkTotalTeam PointsOlympic Games2004 48 kg 2008 48 kg World Championships2002 48 kg 752003 48 kg 5 672007 48 kg 232009 48 kg 732010 48 kg 812014 48 kg 4 722015 48 kg 19 21 20 18Mediterranean Games2005 53 kg 2009 53 kg European Championships2002 48 kg 712003 53 kg 842004 53 kg 842007 48 kg 732008 48 kg 782009 48 kg 842010 48 kg 842011 48 kg 842014 48 kg 4 702015 48 kg 4 752016 48 kg 5 4 66
Achievements Olyimpic Games Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date48 kg97.5 CWR 210.0 WRAthens, GREAugust 14, 200448 kg 112.5 World Championships Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date48 kg93.0121.0 WR214.0 Antalya, TUR18 September 201048 kg90.0115.0 Goyang, KORNovember 21, 200948 kg 205.048 kg87.5105.0192.5Warsaw, POL19 November 2002 48 kg85.0187.5Vancouver, B.C., CANNovember 18, 2003 548 kg 102.5 European Championships Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date48 kg 90.0105.0195.0Kazan, RUS11 April 201148 kg 90.0118.0208.0Minsk, BLR5 April 201048 kg 88.0108.0196.0Bucharest, ROM6 April 200948 kg 87.0109.0196.0Lignano Sabbiadoro, ITA2 April 200853 kg 95.5 ER115.5 ER210.0Kyiv, UKR20 April 2004J 53 kg 95.0 ER115.0 ER210.0 ERLoutraki, GRE15 April 2003J 48 kg 87.5 ER105.0 ER192.5 ERWarsaw, POL19 November 2002 Mediterranean Games Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date53 kg 87.0 MR108.0 MR Almería, ESP26 June 2005
J: Junior CWR: Current world record WR: World record ER: European record MR: Mediterranean record
World rank 2004 World ranking list for the category "Women 48 kg" is as following: Rank Athlete Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date1Nurcan Taylan, TUR 97.5112.5210.0Athens, GRE14 August 20042Zhuo Li, CHN90.0115.0205.0Almaty, Kazakhstan7 April 20043Wei Gao, CHN90.0110.0200.0Minsk, BLR24 May 20043=Aree Wiratthaworn, THA85.0115.0200.0Athens, GRE14 August 2004
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