Derya Açıkgöz

Derya Açıkgöz (born 11 May 1977) is a Turkish former weightlifter competing in the -83 kg, -76 kg, and later in the +75 kg division. She is the first female weightlifter of her country to win a medal at a world championship.

Career At the age of 17, Açukgöz won bronze medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events and in the total of the -83 kg division at the 1994 World Weightlifting Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. She became the first Turkish female weightlifter to win a medal at a world championship. The same year, she captured the gold medal at the 1994 European Women's Weightlifting Championships in Rome, Italy.