Ferdi Hardal
Ferdi Hardal is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 67 kg division. He obtained a quota for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Sport career
Hardal is a member of Gaziantep GSİM Club.He won two bronze medals in the 56 kg Clean & Jerk event and in Total events of the 2014 [European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships|2014 European Junior & U23 Championships] in Limassol, Cyprus, two silver medals in the 62 kg Snatch event and in Total of the 2016 European Junior & U23 Championships in Eilat, Israel, the silver medal in the 62 kg Clean & Jerk event of the 2017 European Junior & U23 Championships in Durrës, Albania, the gold medal in 62 kg Snatch, the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk event, the silver medal in Totak of the 2018 European Junior & U23 Championships in Zamość, Poland, and the silver medal in the 61 kg Snatch event of the 2019 European Junior & U23 Championships in Bucharest, Romania.
He competed at the 2018 World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, and at the 2019 World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
At the 2019 European Championships in Batumi, Georgia, he took the bronze medal in the 61 kg Snatch, the silver medal in Clean & Jerk and the bronze medal in Total. He won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Championships in Moscow, Russia.
Hardal obtained a quota for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
He won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.
Ferdi Hardal finished third in Europe at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships in Chisinau, Moldova, in the men's 67 kg category, winning the silver medal with 140 kg in the snatch, the bronze medal with 165 kg in the clean & jerk and the bronze medal with 305 kg in total.