Dursun Sevinç
Dursun Sevinç (born 16 March 1972 in Ankara) is a Turkish weightlifter who competed mainly in the 83–85 kg classes. He represented Turkey internationally in the 1990s and into the 2000s, including the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, where he finished in the top ten. His best World Championship result came in 1997 in Chiang Mai, where he won a silver medal in the 83 kg category. In the European Championships, he earned a silver medal in Rijeka in 1997 and bronze medals in Warsaw (1995), Stavanger (1996), Riesa (1998), and A Coruña (1999). At the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari, he won two gold medals in the snatch and the clean & jerk. Sevinç’s career highlighted Turkey’s strength in weightlifting during that era.
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