Dilfiroz Kuzdağı

Dilfiroz Kuzdağı is a Turkish Paralympic powerlifter who competes in the 67 kg division. She was born on 1 January 1982 and contracted polio when she was seven months old, which left her with impaired muscle power. She began her sporting career in arm wrestling in 2008 and switched to powerlifting in 2012, entering the national team after winning the Turkish championship. She made her international debut at the 2013 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships in Aleksin, Russia, where she took silver with an 85 kg lift, and won silver again in 2015 in Eger, Hungary, with a 95 kg lift. She earned a quota place at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. A mother of two, she studies coaching education at Gaziantep University.