Aylin Daşdelen

Aylin Daşdelen (born 1 January 1982) is a Turkish female weightlifter competing in the Women's 53 kg and 58 kg divisions. At the championships held in 2003 in Loutraki, Greece, she broke three European records, in snatch, clean&jerk and in total weight lifted of the -58 kg division.

Aylin is a member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü in İzmit.

Early life She was born 1982 in Yiğitler village, Yenifakılı, Yozgat Province.

Scandal Aylin Daşdelen and her two teammates, Sibel Şimşek and Şule Şahbaz, filed in September 2004 complaints of sexual harassment against Mehmet Üstündağ, who was the coach of the Turkey national women's weightlifting team. He was accused of repeated physical sexual molestation going back several years. The court ordered the arrest of him despite his denial. Daşdelen told a television news program that Üstündağ also made it a habit of "beating" his charges. She blamed the trainer also for the 1999 suicide of teammate Esma Can.

The only support for Üstündağ came from Nurcan Taylan, who in turn accused her three teammates of being "lesbians". Üstündağ came under investigation on similar charges in the 2000s, but the evidence was inconclusive.

Achievements

Olympics Rank Event Year Venue Snatch Clean & Jerk Total4 58 kg 2004 Athens, GRE 100.0 125.0 225.0

World Championships Rank Event Year Venue Snatch Clean & Jerk Total 53 kg 2011 Paris, FRA 126.0 219.0 53 kg 2010 Antalya, TUR 90.0 121.0 211.0 58 kg 2003 Vancouver, CAN 92.5 117.5 210.0 53 kg U-? 2002 Havířov, CZE 85.0 105.0 210.0 58 kg U-16 1997 Cape Town, RSA 105.0 182.5

European Championships Rank Event Year Venue Snatch Clean & Jerk Total 53 kg 2012 Antalya, TUR 88.0 113.0 201.0 53 kg 2011 Kazan, RUS 90.0 112.0 202.0 53 kg 2010 Minsk, BLR 88.0 120.0 ER 208.0 53 kg 2009 Bucharest, ROM 82.0 105.0 187.0 58 kg 2004 Kyiv, UKR 98.5 122.5 220.0 58 kg 2003 Loutraki, GRE 87.0 110.0 58 kg 2013 Mersin, TUR 87.0 113.0

Legend: ER European record