Özlem Becerikli

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| nationality = Turkish

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|03|21}}

| birth_place = Balıkesir, Turkey

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| sport = Powerlifting

| event = -56 kg

| club = Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıtspor

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| coach = Şule Şahbaz

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| paralympics = 2012

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Özlem Becerikli (born 21 March 1980, in Balıkesir, Turkey) is a Turkish powerlifter of class PO{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/becerikli-ozlem-5506282/ |title=Ozlem Becerikli |work=London 2012 Paralympics |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=2 September 2012 |archive-date=1 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901163050/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/becerikli-ozlem-5506282/ |url-status=live}} competing in the -56 kg division, and a Paralympian. She is a member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıtspor, where she is coached by Şule Şahbaz.{{cite web |url=http://gsb.gov.tr/paralimpik/site/sporcular.asp?nameid=403 |title=Paralimpik/Halter-Özlem Becerikli |publisher=GSB |language=tr |access-date=2 September 2012 |archive-date=22 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121222055645/http://gsb.gov.tr/paralimpik/site/sporcular.asp?nameid=403 |url-status=live}}

Career history

Becerikli took the bronze medal in the -52 kg division at the 2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championships held in Kuala Lumpur, Malesia.{{cite news |url=http://www.kocaelihaberci.com/sss/1-son-haberler/320-engelleri-krarak-duenya-uecuencuesue-oldu.html |title=Engelleri kırarak Dünya üçüncüsü oldu |newspaper=Kocaeli Haberci |language=tr |access-date=2 September 2012 |archive-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604055733/https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Condensed |url-status=live}} Özlem was the winner of another bronze medal taken at the Fazza International Powerlifting Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org/category/regions/africa/egypt |title=Strong Performances on Day 2 of Powerlifting Championships |publisher=Paralympic |date=27 July 2010 |access-date=2 September 2012 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025011756/http://www.paralympic.org/category/regions/africa/egypt |url-status=live}} In 2011, she became bronze medalist at the Arafura Games in Darwin, Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=6-8430-0-0-0&a=RESULTS&rP=2 |title=Powerlifting - Athletes with a disability-Women |publisher=Sporting Pulse |access-date=2 September 2012 |archive-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604055741/https://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=6-8430-0-0-0&a=RESULTS&rP=2 |url-status=live}}

She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Paralympics.{{cite news |url=http://www.turkiyegazetesi.com/haberdetay.aspx?newsID=21806 |title=Milli halterci Özlem Becerikli'den bronz madalya |newspaper=Türkiye Gazetesi |date=2 September 2012 |language=tr |access-date=2 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903230108/http://www.turkiyegazetesi.com/haberdetay.aspx?NewsID=21806#.UENSBvL1nLw#.UENSBvL1nLw |archive-date=3 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{TUR}}
rowspan=2 \|2010 \|IPC World Championships \|Kuala Lumpur, Malesia \|bgcolor="#cc9966" \|3rd \| -52 kg \|100 kg
Fazza International Powerlifting Championships \|Dubai, UAE \|bgcolor="#cc9966" \|3rd \| -52 kg \|114 kg
2011 \|Arafura Games \|Darwin, Australia \|bgcolor="#cc9966" \|3rd \| -52 kg \|102.5 kg
2012 \|Summer Paralympics \|London, United Kingdom \|bgcolor="#cc9966" \|3rd \| -56 kg \|118.0 kg

colspan="6"|Representing {{TUR}}

rowspan=2 |2010

|IPC World Championships

|Kuala Lumpur, Malesia

|bgcolor="#cc9966" |3rd

| -52 kg

|100 kg

Fazza International Powerlifting Championships

|Dubai, UAE

|bgcolor="#cc9966" |3rd

| -52 kg

|114 kg