Muhammed Furkan Özbek

Muhammed Furkan Özbek (born 24 January 2001) is a Turkish weightlifter. He won the gold medal in his event at the European Weightlifting Championships in 2021 and 2022.

Career In 2018, Özbek won the gold medal in the men's youth 69 kg event at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in San Donato Milanese, Italy. He also won the gold medal in the 69 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 2019, Özbek won the gold medal in the men's junior 73kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania. In 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Muhammed Furkan Özbek clinched three medals, including two golds, at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in the Russian capital, Moscow. First won bronze in the men's 67-kilogram weight class at the European Weightlifting Championships. He lifted 145 kilograms in snatch. He then went on to claim two gold medals, lifting 178 kilograms in the clean and jerk, and 323 kilograms in total.

Özbek competed in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Özbek won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania. He lifted 149 kilograms in snatch, 190 kilograms in the clean and jerk, and 339 kilograms in total. He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg Clean & Jerk event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.

In August 2024, Özbek competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 341 kg in total and placed fourth missing 3 kg out on medal position.

Muhammed Furkan Özbek won the gold medal and became world champion in the men's 65 kg category at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships held in Førde, Norway in October 2025. According to the Turkish Weightlifting Federation, Özbek lifted 145 kg in the snatch to win the gold medal and set a world record with a total of 324 kg. With this result, Turkey won the world championship again after 15 years. In the clean and jerk, he lifted 179 kg and won the silver medal.

Achievements Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Olympic Games 2021 Tokyo, Japan 67 kg 142 145 145 173 173 173 — 2024 Paris, France 73 kg 150 153 155 189 191 191 341 4 World Championships 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 67 kg 138 141 141 14 171 174 174 10 309 14 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 73 kg 145 145 145 15 186 186 191 5 331 8 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 73 kg 143 146 147 11 185 187 191 334 2025 Førde, Norway 65 kg 140 143 145 ER 173 176 179 ER 324 WR IWF World Cup 2024 Phuket, Thailand 73 kg 148 150 152 11 186 189 189 6 341 7 European Championships 2019 Batumi, Georgia 73 kg 140 145 148 8 174 180 184 5 325 5 2021 Moscow, Russia 67 kg 139 142 145 170 174 178 323 2022 Tirana, Albania 73 kg 145 148 149 178 181 190 339 2023 Yerevan, Armenia 73 kg 140 143 146 8 181 186 187 6 327 7 2024 Sofia, Bulgaria 73 kg 145 148 150 6 185 185 186 336 2025 Chișinău, Moldova 73 kg 147 147 148 — 186 192 195 — — 2026 Batumi, Georgia 65 kg 140 143 146 170 175 180 ER 323 Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 65 kg 138 138 140 170 170 — 310 Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran, Algeria 73 kg 145 145 148 5 181 181 184 — — World Junior Championships 2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 69 kg 133 136 138 164 168 171 306 2019 Suva, Fiji 67 kg 135 135 135 166 170 172 307 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 67 kg 138 141 147 170 173 176 317 European Junior Championships 2017 Durrës, Albania 69 kg 128 132 135 4 162 168 168 297 2019 Bucharest, Romania 73 kg 140 144 148 170 177 181 EJR 329 EJR Summer Youth Olympics 2018 Buenos Aires, Argentina 69 kg 132 135 135 158 165 170 317 Youth World Championships2016 Penang, Malaysia 69 kg 123 126 126 7 150 156 161 6 279 7 European Youth Championships 2017 Pristina, Kosovo 69 kg 127 128 132 5 156 162 171 290 4 2018 San Donato Milanese, Italy 69 kg 128 134 136 157 163 169 299