{{For|the Turkish-American physician and cousin of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |Halil Mutlu (politics)}} {{Short description|Turkish weightlifter (born 1973)}} {{use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Halil Mutlu | image = Presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkiye attended opening of first stage of Dost Agropark smart agricultural complex in Zangilan 07 (crop).jpg | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = "Dynamo" | nationality = Turkish | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|7|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Postnik, Kardzhali, Bulgaria | height = {{height|m=1.50}} | weight = | website = | country = {{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey | sport = Weightlifting | event = | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = 1992 | coach = | retired = 2008 | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = {{unbulleted list|'''Snatch''': 147.5 kg (2003, '''WR''')|'''Clean and jerk''': 175 kg (2003, '''WR''')|'''Total''': 322.5 kg (2003, '''WR''')}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition |Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta|54 kg}} {{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney|56 kg}} {{MedalGold | 2004 Athens|56 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold| 1994 Istanbul|54 kg}} {{MedalGold| 1998 Lahti|56 kg}} {{MedalGold| 1999 Athens|56 kg}} {{MedalGold| 2001 Antalya|56 kg}} {{MedalGold| 2003 Vancouver|62 kg}} {{MedalSilver| 1993 Melbourne|54 kg}} {{MedalSilver| 1995 Guangzhou|54 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold| 1994 Sokolov|54 kg}} {{MedalGold| 1995 Warsaw|54 kg}} {{MedalGold| 1996 Stavanger|54 kg}} {{MedalGold| 1997 Rijeka|54 kg}} {{MedalGold| 1999 La Coruña|56 kg}} {{MedalGold| 2000 Sofia|56 kg}} {{MedalGold| 2001 Trencin|56 kg}} {{MedalGold| 2003 Loutraki|62 kg}} {{MedalGold| 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro|56 kg}} {{MedalBronze| 1991 Wladyslawowo|52 kg}} {{MedalBronze| 1992 Szekszard|52 kg}} {{Medal|DQ| 2005 Sofia|62 kg}} | show-medals = }} <!-- FAIR USE of Image:HalilMutlu.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HalilMutlu.jpg for rationale -->
'''Halil Mutlu''' (born '''Halil Aliev''' ({{Langx|bg|Халил Алиев}})<ref>[http://www.blitz.bg/sport/article/153025 Халил Мутлу: Децата ми не знаят български, но ще ги науча]</ref> on 14 July 1973 in Postnik, Bulgaria) is a former professional Turkish weightlifter with several World and Olympic championship titles. Mutlu is one of the six weightlifters who has achieved three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games. His weightlifting career includes five World championships, nine European championships and more than 20 world records at {{convert|52|kg|lb|.00|abbr=on}}, {{convert|54|kg|lb|.0|abbr=on}} and {{convert|56|kg|lb|.0|abbr=on}} combined.<ref name="srwl">{{cite web|url=https://strengthrecord.com/weightlifting-world-records/ |title=STRENGTH RECORD, Weightlifting World Records |website=www.strengthrecord.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref>
==Career== In 1994, he won both the European and world championships, titles that would soon become commonplace for him. He made his first Olympic appearance in 1992 in the 52 kg category and finished fifth.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE1DD103CF934A15754C0A964958260|title= BARCELONA|newspaper= The New York Times|date= 1992-07-27|access-date= 2008-12-13}}</ref> In 1996, in the 54 kg category, the reigning world champion and world record holder, Mutlu broke the world record in the snatch and went on to win the gold medal by 7.5 kg.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04EFDC1639F932A15754C0A960958260|title= ATLANTA: DAY 2 -- ROUNDUP;WEIGHT LIFTING: Turk Takes Gold Medal at 119 Pounds|newspaper= The New York Times|date= 1996-07-21|access-date= 2008-12-13}}</ref> At the 1999 World Championships he beat silver medal winner Adrian Jigău by around 20 kg and set a new world record.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E4DF1F3CF930A15752C1A96F958260|title= PLUS: WEIGHT LIFTING -- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; Mutlu of Turkey Sets Three Records|newspaper= The New York Times|date= 1999-11-23|access-date= 2008-12-13}}</ref> He remained undefeated until the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where he was even more dominant than he had been in Atlanta. This time he set world records in both the snatch and the clean and jerk and won by 17.5 kg in the 56 kg category.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CE1D81F38F934A2575AC0A9669C8B63|title= SYDNEY 2000: ROUNDUP -- WEIGHT LIFTING; The Fight for Second|newspaper= The New York Times|date= 2000-09-17|access-date= 2008-12-13}}</ref>
He was suffering from a shoulder injury in 2003 and temporarily moved to the 62 kg class. His career appeared in doubt after a torn right rotator cuff and ruptured biceps tendon sidelined him for most of 2002.
Mutlu dominated in his weight class since mid-1990s. By the time of the Athens Olympics in 2004, Mutlu won the world championship five times, although he had missed the 2002 season because of injury. In Athens he out lifted Wu Meijin of China by 5 kg in the snatch and then extended his lead in the jerk to earn victory by 7.5 kg. At 31, he captured his third consecutive gold medal at the Olympics in Athens.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E1DD133FF935A2575BC0A9629C8B63|title= OLYMPICS: ROUNDUP; WEIGHT LIFTING: MUTLU OF TURKEY WINS THIRD GOLD|newspaper= The New York Times|date= 2004-08-16|access-date= 2008-12-13}}</ref>
===Steroid ban=== In 2005, Mutlu was banned from international competition by the International Weightlifting Federation for 2 years for use of anabolic steroid Nandrolone, although he insists that he never knowingly took steroids. The Turkish Weightlifting Federation itself had been suspended by the IWF for "repeated anti-doping violations" until May 2006. He pulled out of the 2008 Beijing Olympics stating that he was not able to "lift my targeted weight in practice." As a penalty, he was expelled from the ASKI.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.milliyet.com.tr/Spor/HaberDetay.aspx?aType=HaberDetay&Kategori=spor&ArticleID=984650&Date=30.08.2008&b=Sampiyona%20ayip%20oldu&ver=04 |access-date = 2008-08-30 |title = Şampiyona ayıp oldu |department=Spor |work = Milliyet |date = 2008-08-30 |first = Necmi |last = Kepcetutan |quote = Pekin’e hazır olmadığı ve sakatlığını gerekçe göstererek katılmayan rekortmen halterci Halil Mutlu ASKİ kulübünden kovulduğunu rastlantı sonucu öğrendi. |language = tr |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012727/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/Spor/HaberDetay.aspx?aType=HaberDetay&Kategori=spor&ArticleID=984650&Date=30.08.2008&b=Sampiyona%20ayip%20oldu&ver=04 |archive-date = 2016-03-05 }}</ref>
== Personal life == Mutlu is married and has lived in Ankara, Turkey since the early 1990s. He is a member of the Konya Kombassan Club in Konya and is coached by Ibrahim Elmali. Beside weightlifting, Mutlu enjoys wrestling.
==Highlights== *World junior champion (1993), *Five-time world champion (2003, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1994 - 1st; 1995, 1993 - 2nd.), *Nine-time European champion (2005, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994), *25 gold medals (8 Snatch, 8 Clean and Jerk, 9 Total) in total at European Championships, winner of the most gold medals second after David Rigert with 27 gold medals, *Only fourth weightlifter to win three Olympic gold medals (2004, 2000, 1996), *Named as the "Sportsman of the year 1999" in Turkey, *He is one of five men in history to lift three times his bodyweight,
==Major results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight ! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank |- ! width=60 | 1 ! width=60 | 2 ! width=60 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank ! width=60 | 1 ! width=60 | 2 ! width=60 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank |- ! colspan=13|Olympic Games |- |1992 || align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona, Spain|| 52 kg ||105.0||110.0||'''112.5'''||5||'''135.0'''||<s>137.5</s>||<s>137.5</s>||5||'''247.5'''||'''5''' |- |1996 || align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Atlanta, United States|| 54 kg ||125.0||130.0||'''132.5'''||1||<s>152.5</s>||152.5||'''155.0'''||1||'''287.5'''||{{gold1}} |- |2000 || align=left| {{flag icon|AUS}} Sydney, Australia || 56 kg ||130.0||135.0||'''138.0'''||1||160.0||'''167.5'''||<s>170.0</s>||1||'''305.0'''||{{Gold1}} |- |2004 || align=left| {{flag icon|GRE}} Athens, Greece || 56 kg ||130.0||'''135.0'''||<s>140.0</s>||1||'''160.0'''||<s>165.0</s>||<s>168.5</s>||1||'''295.0'''||{{Gold1}} |- ! colspan=13|World Championships |- |1993 || align=left| {{flag icon|AUS}} Melbourne, Australia || 54 kg ||120.0||'''122.5'''||<s>125.0</s>||{{silver2}}||'''152.5'''||<s>155.0</s>||<s>155.0</s>||{{silver2}}||'''275.0'''||{{silver2}} |- |1994 || align=left| {{flag icon|TUR}} Istanbul, Turkey || 54 kg ||122.5||127.5||'''130.0'''||{{gold1}}||152.5||158.0||'''160.0'''||{{gold1}}||'''290.0'''||{{gold1}} |- |1995 || align=left| {{flag icon|CHN}} Guangzhou, China || 54 kg ||125.0||127.5||'''130.0'''||{{gold1}}||<s>155.0</s>||'''155.0'''||<s>160.5</s>||{{silver2}}||'''285.0'''||{{silver2}} |- |1998 || align=left| {{flag icon|FIN}} Lahti, Finland || 56 kg ||130.0||<s>135.0</s>||'''135.0'''||{{gold1}}||<s>160.0</s>||'''160.0'''||<s>166.0</s>||{{gold1}}||'''295.0'''||{{gold1}} |- |1999 || align=left| {{flag icon|GRE}} Athens, Greece || 56 kg ||130.0||136.0||'''137.5'''||{{gold1}}||160.0||'''166.0'''||—||{{gold1}}||'''302.5'''||{{gold1}} |- |2001 || align=left| {{flag icon|TUR}} Antalya, Turkey || 56 kg ||132.5||'''138.5'''||—||{{gold1}}||'''162.5'''||<s>168.5</s>||<s>168.5</s>||{{gold1}}||'''300.0'''||{{gold1}} |- |2003 || align=left| {{flag icon|CAN}} Vancouver, Canada || 62 kg ||<s>145.0</s>||145.0||'''147.5'''||{{gold1}}||<s>175.0</s>||'''175.0'''||<s>180.0</s>||{{gold1}}||'''322.5'''||{{gold1}} |- ! colspan=13 | European Championships |- |1990 || align=left| {{flagicon|DEN}} Aalborg, Denmark ||52 kg ||'''102.5'''||||||4||'''127.5'''||||||5||'''230.0'''||'''4''' |- |1991 || align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} Wladyslawowo, Poland ||52 kg ||'''105.0'''||||||{{bronze3}}||'''135.0'''||||||{{bronze3}}||'''240.0'''||{{bronze3}} |- |1992 || align=left| {{flagicon|HUN}} Szekszárd, Hungary ||52 kg ||'''110.0'''||||||{{bronze3}}||'''137.5'''||||||{{silver2}}||'''247.5'''||{{bronze3}} |- |1994 || align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Sokolov, Czech Republic ||54 kg ||'''122.5'''||||||{{silver2}}||'''155.0'''||||||{{gold1}}||'''277.5'''||{{gold1}} |- |1995 || align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} Warsaw, Poland ||54 kg ||'''130.0'''||||||{{gold1}}||'''155.0'''||||||{{silver2}}||'''285.0'''||{{gold1}} |- |1996 || align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} Stavanger, Norway ||54 kg ||'''120.0'''||<s>130.0</s>||<s>130.0</s>||{{gold1}}||145.0||'''155.0'''||<s>160.0</s>||{{gold1}}||'''275.0'''||{{gold1}} |- |1997 || align=left| {{flagicon|CRO}} Rijeka, Croatia ||54 kg ||120.0||'''125.0'''||<s>130.0</s>||{{gold1}}||150.0||'''155.0'''||—||{{gold1}}||'''280.0'''||{{gold1}} |- |1999 || align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} A Coruña, Spain ||56 kg ||130.0||<s>135.5</s>||'''135.5'''||{{gold1}}||155.0||'''160.0'''||<s>166.0</s>||{{gold1}}||'''295.5'''||{{gold1}} |- |2000 || align=left| {{flagicon|BUL}} Sofia, Bulgaria ||56 kg ||127.5||132.5||'''135.0'''||{{gold1}}||157.5||'''166.5'''||—||{{gold1}}||'''300.0'''||{{gold1}} |- |2001 || align=left| {{flagicon|SVK}} Trenčín, Slovakia ||56 kg ||125.0||130.0||'''135.0'''||{{gold1}}||155.0||'''168.0'''||—||{{gold1}}||'''302.5'''||{{gold1}} |- |2003 || align=left| {{flagicon|GRE}} Loutraki, Greece ||62 kg ||140.0||<s>145.0</s>||'''145.0'''||{{gold1}}||170.0||'''175.0'''||<s>180.0</s>||{{gold1}}||'''320.0'''||{{gold1}} |-bgcolor=pink |2005 || align=left| {{flagicon|BUL}} Sofia, Bulgaria||62 kg ||135.0||'''140.0'''||—||DSQ||165.0||'''167.5'''||—||DSQ||'''307.5'''||DSQ |- |2008 || align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy||56 kg ||<s>120</s>||<s>120</s>||'''120'''||{{gold1}}||<s>149</s>||'''149'''||<s>151</s>||{{gold1}}||'''269'''||{{gold1}} |- ! colspan=13|World Junior Championships |- |1991 || align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Wolmirstedt, Germany ||52 kg ||'''105.0'''||||||{{silver2}}||'''127.5'''||||||4||'''232.5'''||'''4''' |- |1992 || align=left| {{flagicon|BUL}} Varna, Bulgaria ||52 kg ||'''112.5'''||||||{{gold1}}||'''137.5'''||||||{{silver2}}||'''250.0'''||{{silver2}} |- |1993 || align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Cheb, Czech ||54 kg ||'''122.5'''||||||{{gold1}}||'''152.5'''||||||{{gold1}}||'''275.0'''||{{gold1}} |- ! colspan=13 | European Junior Championships |- |1992 || align=left | {{flagicon|GBR}} Cardiff, United Kingdom ||52 kg ||'''112.5'''||||||{{gold1}}||'''135.0'''||||||{{gold1}}||'''247.5'''||{{gold1}} |- |}
==Medals== '''Olympics''' {| class="wikitable" ! Rank !! Discipline !! Snatch !! Clean&Jerk !! Total !! Place !! Date |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |{{Gold medal}}||–56 kg||135.0||160.0||295.0||Athens, GRE||Aug 17, 2004 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |{{Gold medal}}||–56 kg||137.5||'''167.5 WR'''||'''305.0''' ||Sydney, AUS||Sep 16, 2000 |- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |{{Gold medal}}||–54 kg||132.5||155.0||287.5||Atlanta, GA, United States||1996 |}
'''World Championships''' {| class="wikitable" ! Rank !! Discipline !! Snatch !! Clean&Jerk !! Total !! Place !! Date |- bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{Gold medal}}||–62 kg||147.5||175.0||322.5||Vancouver, CAN||Aug 6, 2003 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |{{Gold medal}}||–56 kg||'''138.5 WR'''||162.5||301.0||Antalya, TUR||Nov 4, 2001 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |{{Gold medal}}||–56 kg||137.5||165.0||'''302.5 WR'''||Athens, GRE||Nov 22, 1999 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |{{Gold medal}}||–56 kg||135.0||160.0 ||295.0||Lahti, FIN||1998 |- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |{{Gold medal}}||–54 kg||130.0|| || ||Guangzhou, CHN||1995 |- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |{{Silver medal}}||–54 kg|| ||155.0||285.0||Guangzhou, CHN||1995 |- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |{{Gold medal}}||–54 kg||130.0||160.0||290.0||Istanbul, TUR||1994 |- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 |{{Silver medal}}||–54 kg||122.5||152.5||275.0||Melbourne, AUS||1993 |}
'''European Championships''' {| class="wikitable" ! Rank !! Discipline !! Snatch !! Clean&Jerk !! Total !! Place !! Date |- bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{Gold medal}}||–62 kg||140.0||167.5||307.5||Sofia, BUL||Apr 20, 2005 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |{{Gold medal}}||–56 kg||120.0||149.0||269.0||Lignano Sabbiadoro, ITA||Apr 14, 2008 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |{{Gold medal}}||–56 kg||138.5||168.0||305.0||Loutraki, GRE||Apr 15, 2003 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |{{Gold medal}}||–56 kg|| ||'''168.0 WR'''|| ||Trenčín, SVK||Apr 24, 2001 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |{{Gold medal}}||–56 kg||135.0||165.0||300.0|| Sofia, BUL ||2000 |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |{{Gold medal}}||–56 kg||135.0||160.0||295.0||Coruña, ESP ||1999 |}
*'''CWR''': Current world record *'''WR''': World record
==See also== *Athletes with most gold medals in one event at the Olympic Games
== References == <references />
==External links== * {{sports links}}
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