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Dursun Sevinç

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Dursun Sevinç, born on 16 March 1972, is a Turkish weightlifter who competed for Turkey in the 85 kilogram division. Born in Ankara, he was active internationally from the early 1990s into the 2000s. He took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he finished among the top ten. At the 1997 World Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai he won the silver medal, and at the European Weightlifting Championships he collected a silver in Rijeka and bronze medals in Warsaw in 1995, Stavanger in 1996, Riesa in 1998 and A Coruña in 1999. At the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari he won two gold medals, in the snatch and in the clean and jerk.

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1972 1
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Dursun Sevinç (born 16 March 1972) is a Turkish weightlifter
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    Dursun Sevinç (born 16 March 1972) is a Turkish weightlifter
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    He was also a multiple medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships, earning a silver in Rijeka and bronze medals in Warsaw (1995), Stavanger (1996), Riesa (1998), and A Coruña (1999).
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