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{{Short description|Turkish weightlifter (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Nurcan Taylan
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| nationality    = [[Turkey|Turkish]]
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| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|10|29}} 
| birth_place    = [[Ankara]], Turkey
| height         = {{convert|1.52|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|48|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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| country        = [[Turkey]]
| sport          = [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
| event          = &ndash; 48 kg
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| club           = Yenimahalle Sports Club, Ankara
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| pb             = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 97.5 kg (2004)|Clean and jerk: 112.5 kg (2004)|Total: 210 kg (2004)}}
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{{MedalCompetition |[[Olympic Games]]}}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg|&ndash; 48&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Disqualified |[[2010 World Weightlifting Championships|2010 Antalya]]|&ndash;48&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2002 World Weightlifting Championships|2002 Warsaw]]|&ndash;48&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 World Weightlifting Championships|2003 Vancouver]]|&ndash;48&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Disqualified |[[2009 World Weightlifting Championships|2009 Goyang]]|&ndash;48&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 European Weightlifting Championships|2003 Loutraki]]|&ndash;53 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 European Weightlifting Championships|2004 Kyiv]]|&ndash;53 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 European Weightlifting Championships|2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro]]|&ndash;48&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Disqualified |[[2009 European Weightlifting Championships|2009 Bucharest]]|&ndash;48&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Disqualified |[[2010 European Weightlifting Championships|2010 Minsk]]|&ndash;48&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Disqualified |[[2011 European Weightlifting Championships|2011 Kazan]]|&ndash;48&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 European Weightlifting Championships|2007 Strasbourg]]|&ndash;48 kg}}
{{Medal|Disqualified |[[2014 European Weightlifting Championships|2014 Tel Aviv]]|&ndash;48 kg}}  
{{Medal|Disqualified |[[2015 European Weightlifting Championships|2015 Tbilisi]]|&ndash;48 kg}}  
{{MedalBronze|[[2002 European Weightlifting Championships|2002 Antalya]]|&ndash;48&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]] | &ndash; 53&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Disqualified | [[2009 Mediterranean Games|2009 Pescara]] | &ndash; 53&nbsp;kg}}
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'''Nurcan Taylan''' (born 29 October 1983 in [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]]) is a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] [[Olympic Games|Olympic]], world and European champion in [[Olympic weightlifting|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 Region|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.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Only {{convert|1.52|m|ft|.0|abbr=on}} tall, she lifted two World and five Olympic records in the women's 48&nbsp;kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Taylan is Turkey's first ever female Olympic gold medalist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kadin.bianet.org/2004/07/01_k/41039.htm |title=Olimpiyatta İlk "Altın Kadın": Nurcan Taylan |work=BİA |language=tr |date=16 August 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203083143/http://kadin.bianet.org/2004/07/01_k/41039.htm |archive-date=3 February 2007}}</ref>

===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 Simsek|Sibel Şimşek]], [[Aylin Dasdelen|Aylin Daşdelen]] and [[Şule Şahbaz (weightlifter)|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 [[lesbian]]s. 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 [[2012 Summer Olympics|London Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctioned-athletes/ |title=Sanctioned athletes - 2011 |website=IWF.net |publisher=[[International Weightlifting Federation]] |access-date=2012-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407131609/http://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctioned-athletes/ |archive-date=2014-04-07}}</ref><ref name=twp>{{cite news |title=Turkish weightlifting champion Nurcan Taylan receives 4-year ban for doping, misses Olympics |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/turkish-weightlifting-champion-nurcan-taylan-receives-4-year-ban-for-doping-misses-olympics/2012/06/14/gJQAJhgybV_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908184809/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/turkish-weightlifting-champion-nurcan-taylan-receives-4-year-ban-for-doping-misses-olympics/2012/06/14/gJQAJhgybV_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 September 2019 |access-date=14 June 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=14 June 2012 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

In October 2012, her suspension was shortened to two years that would allow her to return to action on 26 October 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/digersporlar/21636608.asp |title=Nurcan Taylan'ın cezası 2 yıla indirildi  |newspaper=[[Hürriyet]] |language=tr |date=2012-10-06 |access-date=2012-10-06 |archive-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009033629/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/digersporlar/21636608.asp |url-status=live}}</ref>

===DQ and change results===
Taylan was disqualified (DQ) and all results were invalidated from [[2008 Summer Olympics]] to [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=taylan-nurcan-1983-10-29&id=91 |title=Nurcan TAYLAN |website=IWF.net |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416115822/https://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=taylan-nurcan-1983-10-29&id=91 |archive-date=16 April 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://iwf.sport/anti-doping/sanctions/ |title=Sanctions |website=IWF.sport |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |access-date=3 June 2022 |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723220740/https://iwf.sport/anti-doping/sanctions/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=taylan-nurcan-1983-10-29&id=91 |title=Nurcan TAYLAN |website=IWF.sport |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |access-date=3 June 2022 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826113111/https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=taylan-nurcan-1983-10-29&id=91 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1042181/iwf-awaiting-cas-and-ioc-verdicts-before-pressing-ahead-with-weightlifting-suspensions | title=IWF awaiting CAS and IOC verdicts before pressing ahead with weightlifting suspensions | date=30 September 2016 }}</ref>

==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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! rowspan=2 width=40|Year!! rowspan=2 width=150|Venue !! rowspan=2 width=10|Weight!! colspan=4| Rank
|-
!width=80|Snatch
!width=80|Cl&Jerk
!width=100|Total
!width=100|Team Points
|-
! colspan=7|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] || align=left| {{GRE}} || [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg|48 kg]] || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{Gold1}} || {{n/a}}
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] || align=left|  {{CHN}} || [[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg|48 kg]] || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a|NM}} || {{n/a}}
|-
! colspan=7|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]
|-
|[[2002 World Weightlifting Championships|2002]] || align=left| {{POL}} || [[2002 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg|48 kg]] || {{Silver2}} || {{Silver2}} || {{Silver2}} || 75
|-
|[[2003 World Weightlifting Championships|2003]] || align=left| {{CAN}} || [[2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg|48 kg]] || {{Bronze3}} || 5 || {{Bronze3}} || 67
|-
|[[2007 World Weightlifting Championships|2007]] || align=left| {{THA}} || [[2007 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg|48 kg]] || {{Bronze3}} || {{n/a|NM}} || {{n/a|NM}} || 23
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[2009 World Weightlifting Championships|2009]] || align=left| {{KOR}} || [[2009 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg|48 kg]] || {{Silver2}} || {{Silver2}} || {{Bronze3}} || 73
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[2010 World Weightlifting Championships|2010]] || align=left| {{TUR}} || [[2010 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg|48 kg]] || {{Gold1}} || {{Silver2}} || {{Gold1}} || 81
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[2014 World Weightlifting Championships|2014]] || align=left| {{KAZ}} || [[2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg|48 kg]] || {{Silver2}} || 4 || {{Silver2}} || 72
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[2015 World Weightlifting Championships|2015]] || align=left| {{USA}} || [[2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg|48 kg]] || 19 || 21 || 20 || 18
|-
! colspan=7|[[Weightlifting at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|2005]] || align=left| {{ESP}} || 53&nbsp;kg || {{Gold1}} || {{Gold1}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[Weightlifting at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|2009]] || align=left| {{ITA}} || 53&nbsp;kg || {{Gold1}} || {{Gold1}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
! colspan=7|[[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]
|-
|[[2002 European Weightlifting Championships|2002]] || align=left| {{TUR}} || 48&nbsp;kg || {{Silver2}} || {{Bronze3}} || {{Bronze3}} || 71
|-
|[[2003 European Weightlifting Championships|2003]] || align=left| {{GRE}} || 53&nbsp;kg || {{Gold1}} || {{Gold1}} || {{Gold1}} || 84
|-
|[[2004 European Weightlifting Championships|2004]] || align=left| {{UKR}} || 53&nbsp;kg || {{Gold1}} || {{Gold1}} || {{Gold1}} || 84
|-
|[[2007 European Weightlifting Championships|2007]] || align=left| {{FRA}} || 48&nbsp;kg || {{Bronze3}} || {{Silver2}} || {{Silver2}} || 73
|-
|[[2008 European Weightlifting Championships|2008]] || align=left| {{ITA}} || 48&nbsp;kg || {{Silver2}} || {{Silver2}} || {{Gold1}} || 78
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[2009 European Weightlifting Championships|2009]] || align=left| {{ROM}} || 48&nbsp;kg || {{Gold1}} || {{Gold1}} || {{Gold1}} || 84
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[2010 European Weightlifting Championships|2010]] || align=left| {{BLR}} || 48&nbsp;kg || {{Gold1}}  || {{Gold1}} || {{Gold1}} || 84
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[2011 European Weightlifting Championships|2011]] || align=left| {{RUS}} || 48&nbsp;kg || {{Gold1}} || {{Gold1}} || {{Gold1}} || 84
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[2014 European Weightlifting Championships|2014]] || align=left| {{ISR}} || 48&nbsp;kg || 4 || {{Silver2}} || {{Bronze3}} || 70
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[2015 European Weightlifting Championships|2015]] || align=left| {{GEO}} || 48&nbsp;kg || {{Gold1}} || 4 || {{Silver2}} || 75
|-bgcolor=pink
|[[2016 European Weightlifting Championships|2016]] || align=left| {{NOR}} || 48&nbsp;kg || {{Bronze3}} || 5 || 4 || 66
|}

==Achievements==
;[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olyimpic Games]]:
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Discipline !! Snatch !! Clean&Jerk !! Total !! Place !! Date
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Gold medal}}||48&nbsp;kg||'''97.5 CWR'''|| ||'''210.0 WR'''||rowspan=2|[[Athens]], [[Greece|GRE]]||rowspan=2|August 14, 2004
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Silver medal}}||48&nbsp;kg|| ||112.5|| 
|}
;[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]:
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Discipline !! Snatch !! Clean&Jerk !! Total !! Place !! Date
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Gold medal}}||48&nbsp;kg||93.0||'''121.0 WR'''||214.0 ||[[Antalya]], [[Turkey|TUR]]||18 September 2010
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Silver medal}}||48&nbsp;kg||90.0||115.0|| ||rowspan=2|[[Goyang]], [[South Korea|KOR]]||rowspan=2|November 21, 2009
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Bronze medal}}||48&nbsp;kg|| || ||205.0
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Silver medal}}||48&nbsp;kg||87.5||105.0||192.5||[[Warsaw]], [[Poland|POL]]||19 November 2002
 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Bronze medal}}||48&nbsp;kg||85.0||||187.5||rowspan=2|[[Vancouver, B.C.]], [[Canada|CAN]]||rowspan=2|November 18, 2003 
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|5||48&nbsp;kg|| ||102.5 ||
|}
;[[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]:
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Discipline !! Snatch !! Clean&Jerk !! Total !! Place !! Date
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Gold medal}}||48&nbsp;kg ||90.0||105.0||195.0||[[Kazan]], [[Russia|RUS]]||11 April 2011
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Gold medal}}||48&nbsp;kg ||90.0||118.0||208.0||[[Minsk]], [[Belarus|BLR]]||5 April 2010
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Gold medal}}||48&nbsp;kg ||88.0||108.0||196.0||[[Bucharest]], [[Romania|ROM]]||6 April 2009
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Gold medal}}||48&nbsp;kg ||87.0||109.0||196.0||[[Lignano Sabbiadoro]], [[Italy|ITA]]||2 April 2008
|- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|{{Gold medal}}||53&nbsp;kg ||'''95.5 ER'''||'''115.5 ER'''||210.0||[[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine|UKR]]||20 April 2004
|- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|{{Gold medal}}||'''J''' 53&nbsp;kg ||'''95.0 ER'''||'''115.0 ER'''||'''210.0 ER'''||[[Loutraki]], [[Greece|GRE]]||15 April 2003
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|{{Gold medal}}||'''J''' 48&nbsp;kg ||'''87.5 ER'''||'''105.0 ER'''||'''192.5 ER'''||[[Warsaw]], [[Poland|POL]]||19 November 2002
|}
''' [[Weightlifting at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] '''  
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Discipline !! Snatch !! Clean&Jerk !! Total !! Place !! Date
|- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|{{Gold medal}}||53&nbsp;kg ||'''87.0 MR'''||'''108.0 MR'''|| ||[[Almería]], [[Spain|ESP]]||26 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&nbsp;kg" is as following:
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Athlete !! Snatch !! Clean&Jerk !! Total !! Place !! Date
|-
|1||Nurcan Taylan, [[Turkey|TUR]] ||97.5||112.5||210.0||[[Athens]], [[Greece|GRE]]||14 August 2004
|-
|2||[[Zhuo Li]], [[China|CHN]]||90.0||115.0||205.0||[[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]]||7 April 2004
|- 
|3||[[Wei Gao (weightlifting)|Wei Gao]], [[China|CHN]]||90.0||110.0||200.0||[[Minsk]],   [[Belarus|BLR]]||24 May 2004
|-
|3=||[[Aree Wiratthaworn]], [[Thailand|THA]]||85.0||115.0||200.0||[[Athens]], [[Greece|GRE]]||14 August 2004
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{sports links}}

{{Olympic medalists for Turkey}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Weightlifting Women Flyweight}}

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