Kaan Kahriman (born 9 December 2004) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 67 kg division. He won the gold medal at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships.
Personal life He attended Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak Middle School in his hometown Antalya, and Eryaman Şehit Ertan Akgül Anatolian High School in Eryaman, Etimesgut, Ankara. After completing his secondary education, he started studying in the Sport Science Faculty at Bartın University.
Sport career Kahriman received the bronze medal in the 62 kg total event at the 2018 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in San Donato Milanese , Italy. He took the gold medal in the snatch event and the silver medal in total at the 61 kg division at the 2021 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In 2022, he won the gold medal in the snatch event and the silver medal at the 61 kg division of the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece. He received the bronze medal in the 67 kg snatch event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey. At the 67 kg division of the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, he won the silver medal in the snatch event and the bronze medal in total.
Kaan Kahriman, who lifted 148 kilograms in the 67 kg snatch at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain, broke the world record in the junior weightlifting category and won the bronze medal.
Kaan Kahriman won the gold medal with 146 kg in the snatch and silver medal with 170 kg in the Clean & Jerk, and became the European champion with 316 kg in total at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships held in Chișinău, Moldova.
YearCompetitionVenueWeight Snatch Clean & Jerk Total (kg) Rank(kg) Rank (kg) Rank2018European Youth Championships San Donato Milanese, Italy 62 kg 954th1126th2072021World Junior Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 61 kg 1185th1389th2564thEuropean Youth Championships Ciechanów, Poland 61 kg 122135257Youth World Championships Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 61 kg 123YWR1414th2642022World Junior Championships Heraklion, Greece 61 kg 1261437th269European Championships Tirana, Albania 61 kg 1265th1456th2716thIslamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 67 kg 1381588th2966thEuropean Junior & U23 Championships Durrës, Albania 67 kg 1371565th293World Championships Bogotá, Colombia 67 kg 1416th16512th30610th2023European Championships Yerevan, Armenia 67 kg 1411606th301European Junior & U23 Championships Bucharest, Romania 67 kg 137156293World Championships Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 67 kg 1376th16110th29810th2024European Championships Sofia, Bulgaria 67 kg 142168310World Junior Championships León, Spain 67 kg 143169312European Junior & U23 Championships Raszyn, Poland 67 kg 144156300World Championships Manama, Bahrain 67 kg 148JWR1755th3235th2025European Championships Chișinău, Moldova 67 kg 146170316World Championships Førde, Norway 71 kg 148 7th1808th3287th
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