Aysel Özkan (born 26 February 2002) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 63 kg.
Personal life Aysel Özkan was born on 26 February 2002. She is twin sister of Cansel. Both girls grew up in the Children's Home Coordination Center (, ÇEKOM) in Niğde. After their father's death in 2009, they followed their mother to her hometown Gaziantep. Due to family problems, the two sisters returned to Niğde one year later, and were placed in the ÇEKOM again.
She is a student of Sports coaching in the Sports Science Faculty at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University.
Sport career Özkan started weightlifting in 2014 with the advice of a trainer in this sport branch.
She took part in the U17 59 kg division of the 2019 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in Eilat, Israel, and won the gold medal in the snatch, the bronze medal in the clean & jerk event taking the silver medal in total. At the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she placed fourth in the 71 kg Özkan took the silver medal in the snatch, the bronze medal in the clean & jerk event, reaching to the silver medal in total of the Juniors 64 kg division at the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland. At the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she placed sixth in the 64 kg division. She won the bronze medal in the 71 kg snatch event and ranked four in total at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania. She took the bronze medal in the 71 kg snatch event and placed fourth at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece. She received the silver medal in the snatch, the gold medal in the clean & jerk event and the silver medal in total of the 71 kg division at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey. She broke the Games record of the clean & jerk event with 121 kg. In 2022 at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Durrës, Albania, she became bronze medalist in total taking the bronze medal in the snatch and the silver in the clean & jerk event of the 71 kg division. At the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, she won the silver medal in the 64 kg snatch event and ranked four in total. She reached to the bronze medal at the 2024 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
She exercises at cs Prthe Olympic Preparation Center (TOHM) in Konya.
Aysel Özkan won the gold medal in the women's 64 kg weightlifting category at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships in Chișinău, Moldova, with 100 kg in the snatch, fourth with 122 kg in the clean & jerk and silver with 222 kg in total.
Achievements YearCompetitionVenueWeight Snatch Clean & Jerk Total (kg) Rank(kg) Rank (kg) Rank2019European Youth Championships Eilat, Israel 59 kg85981832021Junior World Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 71 kg1014th1165th2174thEuropean Junior & U23 Championships Rovaniemi, Finland 64 kg99105204World Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 64 kg974th1166th2136th2022European Championships Tirana, Albania 71 kg981157th213 4thJunior World Championships Heraklion, Greece 71 kg101 1205th2214thIslamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 71 kg95 121GR216European Junior & U23 Championships Durrës, Albania 71 kg94112092023 European Championships Yerevan, Armenia 64 kg98 1157th2134th2024 European Championships Sofia, Bulgaria 64 kg98 1164th2144th2025 European Championships Chișinău, Moldova 64 kg100 1224th222World Championships Førde, Norway 63 kg1024th12010th2228th
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