Ergün Batmaz

Ergün Batmaz is a Turkish weightlifter.
He became the European Champion in 1997 Rijeka and also won a silver and a bronze medal at the World Championships.

Career

Batmaz emerged as one of Turkey’s leading weightlifters in the late 1980s.
He represented Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and again at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
At the 1993 World Championships held in Melbourne, he won the silver medal in the 70 kg category. Two years later, at the 1995 Championships in Guangzhou, he claimed the bronze medal.
Between 1990 and 1998, Batmaz earned one gold, one silver, and three bronze medals at the European Weightlifting Championships, reaching his career peak in 1997 when he became European Champion in Rijeka.
He also won a silver medal at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in Languedoc, France.
After retiring from competition, Batmaz became a coach. He has trained both the men’s and women’s Turkish national weightlifting teams as well as the club Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor.