Cansu Bektaş (born 23 November 2003) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 45 kg division. She is three-time European (2023, 2024 and 2025) champion and European Youth, Juniors and U23 record holder.
Sport career Bektaş won the silver medal in the women's 45kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania. She took three silver medals at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey. At the e 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, she captured three gold medals in snatch, clean&jerk and total, breakinge European records for Juniors with 72 kg in snatch, 90 in clean&jerk and 162 kg in total. At the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she won the gold medal in the Snatch event with 75 kg, the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk event with 88 kg and the gold medal in total with 163 kg. Her total lift became the new European U23 record.
Cansu Bektaş became the European Champion for the third time at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships in Chișinău, Moldova, winning the silver medal with 76 kg in the snatch, silver with 90 kg in the clean & jerk and gold with 166 kg in total.
YearCompetitionVenueWeight Snatch Clean & Jerk Total (kg) Rank(kg) Rank (kg) Rank2019 Youth World Championships Las Vegas, United States 40 kg 5463120European Youth Championships Eilat, Israel 40 kg 55EYR67EYR122EYR2021 World Junior Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 45 kg 70841542022 World Junior Championships Heraklion, Greece 45 kg 6585150European Championships Tirana, Albania 45 kg 684 85153Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 45 kg 6586151European Junior & U23 Championships Durrës, Albania 45 kg 70871572023 European Championships Yerevan, Armenia 45 kg 72 EJR 90EJR162EJRWorld Championships Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 45 kg 7587162World Junior Championships Guadalajara, Spain 45 kg 73901632024European Championships Sofia, Bulgaria 45 kg 7588163EU23R2025European Championships Chișinău, Moldova 45 kg 7690166
Personal life Cansu Bektaş, born on 23 November 2003, is a native of Giresun, northern Turkey. She attended Atatürk Anatolian High School in her hometown. She studies coaching in the Selçuk University Sports Sciences Faculty.
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