Ayşegül Çoban

Ayşegül Çoban (born 16 December 1992) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the – 53 kg division. She is a native of Konya.

Personal life Ayşegül was born on 16 December 1992 to Ali and Döndü Çoban. Due to the family's limited economic situation, Çoban was enrolled in a foster boarding school to receive a better education.

In the school, she showed interest in weightlifting, and began with exercise promoted by her teacher of physical education, Sibel Ünlü, wife of the Turkey national weightlifting team's head coach Talat Ünlü.

She lives in the Aydınlıkevler neighborhood of the Selçuklu district in Konya Province with her parents. Çoban studies at the School of Physical Education and Sports of the Selçuk University in Konya.

In 2009, Çoban became champion at the European Junior Championship held in Landskrona, Sweden. At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, she won the bronze medal in the -53 kg division.

Ayşegül Coban achieved first place in the women's 53 kg class at the 17th Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, on 20 June 2013, with 82 kg Snatch, 110 Clean and Jerk, with 192 kg total.

On 16 October 2013, Ayşegül Coban competed in the 53 kg women's class at the 2013 IWF World Championships in Wroclaw, Poland. She successfully lifted 77 kg in the Snatch, but did not achieve a successful lift in the Clean and Jerk.

Achievements European Youth U17 Championships Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date 44 kg 56.0 72.0 128.0 Pavia, ITA 28 July 2007 47 kg 62.0 87.0 149.0 Ameins, FRA 21 July 2008 53 kg 73.0 95.0 168.0 Eilat, ISR 7 September 2009

European Junior Championships Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date 53 kg 73.0 100.0 173.0 Landskrona, SWE 28 July 2009 53 kg 78.0 105.0 183.0 Limassol, CYP 11 November 2010 53 kg 75.0 103.0 178.0 Eilat, ISR 29 December 2012

European Championships Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date 53 kg 81.0 114.0 195.0 Tel Aviv, ISR 6 April 2014 53 kg 75.0 105.0 180.0 Kazan, RUS 11 April 2013 4th 53 kg 80.0 105.0 185.0 Tirana, ALB 6 April 2011

Summer Universiade Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date 53 kg 79.0 110.0 189.0 Kazan, RUS 7 July 2013

Mediterranean Games Rank Discipline Snatch Clean&Jerk Total Place Date 53 kg 82.0 Mersin, TUR June 2013 53 kg 110.0 Mersin, TUR June 2013