Sunay Bulut

Sunay Bulut — Biography

Sunay Bulut is a weightlifter born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, who competed for Turkey. He was twice European champion, won a bronze medal at the 1994 World Weightlifting Championships and represented his country at two Summer Olympics, finishing fourth at Atlanta in 1996.

He competed in the light-heavyweight, middle-heavyweight and heavyweight classes. His first major international medal was a bronze at the 1991 European Championships in Władysławowo, in the 82.5 kg class; at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics he finished thirteenth in the same class. In 1993 he won gold in the light-heavyweight class at the Mediterranean Games in Languedoc, and in 1994 he took bronze in the 83 kg class at the World Championships in Istanbul. He became European champion at 91 kg in Stavanger in 1996 and in Rijeka in 1997, and finished fourth in that class at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. At the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari he won gold in the clean and jerk and silver in the snatch in the heavyweight class.

After retiring from competition he worked in the development of weightlifting and in coaching in Turkey.