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Çiğdem Dede
Çiğdem Dede (born February 27, 1980 in Gaziantep, Turkey) is a Turkish female powerlifter competing in the −44 kg division. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Paralympics. She is a dwarf athlete of Ankara Guven Spor, where she is coached by Mustafa Doğan. 
She became paralyzed at the age of six due to wrong injection given to her leg.
Career history.
Çiğdem Dede is high school graduate. She began powerlifting by chance, encouraged by a weightlifting coach in 2009,
Çiğdem
Çiğdem is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Çiğdem" means "Crocus", "Colchicum", and/or "Meadow Saffron".
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