title: Ekrem Celil
text: # Ekrem Celil
  
  Ekrem Celil (born February 20, 1980 in Kardzhali, Bulgaria) is a Turkish European champion weightlifter competing in the –69 kg and –77 kg divisions.
  
  Born in Bulgaria of Turkish descent, he started to perform weightlifting in a local club. Ekrem Celil immigrated in 1998 to Turkey in an action called as the "second Naim operation".
  
  He was admitted in 2000 to the Turkish national team, which would take part at the Olympics in Sydney. However, the Bulgarian Federation vetoed his participation.
  
  ## Achievements
  
  ### European Weightlifting Championships
  
  | Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean&Jerk | Total | Place | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | –69 kg | | | + | Trenčín, SVK | 2001 |
  | Silver | –69 kg | | 185.0 | | Loutraki, GRE | Apr 18, 2003 |
  | Bronze | –69 kg | | | 325.0 | Loutraki, GRE | Apr 18, 2003 |
  | Bronze | –69 kg | 147.5 | | | Kyiv, UKR | Apr 24, 2004 |
  | Gold | –69 kg | | 190.0 | | Kyiv, UKR | Apr 24, 2004 |
  | Gold | –69 kg | | | 337.5 | Kyiv, UKR | Apr 24, 2004 |
  
  ### Mediterranean Games
  
  | Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean&Jerk | Total | Place | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bronze | –69 kg | + | | | Almeria, ESP | 2005 |
  | Gold | –69 kg | | + | | Almeria, ESP | 2005 |
  
  ### Tournaments
  
  | Rank | Discipline | Snatch | Clean&Jerk | Total | Place | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | –77 kg | 142.0 | 180.0 | 322.0 | Subotica, SRB | Oct 8, 2011 |
  