Turkish women in sports















Nevin Yanıt





Aslı Çakır Alptekin





Gülcan Mıngır


Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have several important trophies, especially in athletics, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball.




Contents






  • 1 Participation in Olympics


    • 1.1 Pioneers


    • 1.2 Medals




  • 2 Archery


  • 3 Athletics


    • 3.1 National record-holders


    • 3.2 World Athletics Championship


    • 3.3 European Athletics Championship


    • 3.4 Athletics in Mediterranean Games




  • 4 Basketball


  • 5 Cycling


  • 6 Boxing


  • 7 Fencing


  • 8 Football


  • 9 Freediving


  • 10 Handball


  • 11 Ice hockey


  • 12 Judo


  • 13 Modern pentathlon


  • 14 Sailing


  • 15 Swimming


  • 16 Taekwondo


  • 17 Tennis


  • 18 Volleyball


    • 18.1 National teams


    • 18.2 Club teams




  • 19 Water polo


  • 20 Weightlifting


  • 21 Wrestling


  • 22 Paralympic sports


  • 23 References


  • 24 External links





Participation in Olympics



Pioneers


The first Turkish women to take part in the Olympic Games were Halet Çambel and Suat Fetgeri Aşani who participated at the fencing competitions of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.



Medals













































Olympics
Name
Event
Rank
1992 Hülya Şenyurt Judo 48 kg
 Bronze
2000 Hamide Bıçkın Taekwondo 57 kg
 Bronze
2004 Nurcan Taylan Weightlifting 48 kg
 Gold
2008 Azize Tanrıkulu Taekvondo 57 kg
 Silver
2012 Nur Tatar Taekwondo 67 kg.
 Silver
2016 Nur Tatar Taekwondo 67 kg.
 Bronze


Archery


  • Yasemin Ecem Anagöz


Athletics



National record-holders



World Athletics Championship





















Year
Name
Event
Rank
2003 Süreyya Ayhan 1500 m.
 Silver
2009 Karin Melis Mey Long jump
 Bronze


European Athletics Championship











































Year
Name
Event
Rank
2002 Süreyya Ayhan 1500 m.
 Gold
2006 Elvan Abeylegesse 5000 m.
 Bronze
2010 Elvan Abeylegesse 5000 m.
 Gold
Elvan Abeylegesse 10000 m.
 Gold
Nevin Yanıt 100 m. hurdles
 Gold
2012 Gülcan Mıngır 3000 m. steeplechase
 Gold




Melek Hu



Athletics in Mediterranean Games


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Year
Name
Event
Rank
1987 Serap Aksu 400 m. hurdles
 Silver
1991 Aysel Taş Javelin
 Bronze
1997 Serap Aktaş Marathon
 Gold
Lale Öztürk Marathon
 Bronze
2001 Nora Güner 100 m.
 Gold
Nora Güner 200 m.
 Gold
Süreyya Ayhan 1500 m.
 Silver
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu 1500 m.
 Bronze
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu 5000 m.
 Gold
Elvan Abeylegesse 10000 m.
 Bronze
Mehtap Sızmaz Marathon
 Gold
Serap Aktaş Marathon
 Silver
Anzhela Atroshchenko Heptathlon
 Gold
2005 Binnaz Uslu 800 m.
 Bronze
Anzhela Atroshchenko Heptathlon
 Bronze
Turkish team 4 × 400 m.
 Bronze
2009 Nevin Yanıt 100 m. hurdles
 Gold
Elvan Abeylegesse 10000 m.
 Gold
Burcu Ayhan high jump
 Silver
Karin Melis Mey long jump
 Silver




Elvan Abeylegesse



Basketball





Turkey (white) vs. Serbia at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.


The Turkish Women's National Basketball Team, also known as "Periler" (The Fairies) by the Turkish fans, is No 13 in FIBA World Rankings.


European Women Basketball Championship












Year
City
Rank
2013
Vannes, France

 Bronze

Mediterranean Games

















Year
City
Rank
1987
Latakia, Syria

 Silver
2005
Almeria, Spain

 Gold

Players


  • Nevriye Yılmaz (born 1980), retired national team player

Referees



  • Özlem Yalman (born 1977), FIBA-listed referee since 2011.[2]


  • Funda Teoman (born 1984), referee



Cycling




  • Esra Kürkçü, Balkan champion


  • Semra Yetiş, Balkan champion



Boxing




  • Nurcan Çarkçı, European champion


  • Sümeyra Kaya, European champion


  • Hülya Şahin, world and European champion


  • Gülsüm Tatar, world and European champion


  • Şemsi Yaralı, world and European champion


  • Serpil Yassıkaya, European champion



Fencing





İrem Karamete.




  • Suat Aşani (born 22 September 1916, date of death unknown)


  • Halet Çambel (1916–2014), 1936 Olympian


  • Özden Ezinler (born 1950)


  • İrem Karamete (born 1993)



Football



Women's football in Turkey began with the establishment of the all-women's club Dostlukspor in Istanbul in early 1970s. Turkey women's national football team was established in 1995.





Sevgi Çınar, from Konak Belediyespor.



Notable footballers





  • Merve Aladağ (born 1993)


  • Sevgi Çınar (born 1994)


  • Bilgin Defterli (born 1980)


  • Sibel Duman (born 1990)


  • Eylül Elgalp (born 1991)


  • Esra Erol (born 1985)


  • Melahat Eryurt (born 1975)


  • Leyla Güngör (born 1993)


  • Başak İçinözbebek (born 1994)


  • Lale Orta (born 1960)


  • Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç (born 1984)


  • Zeliha Şimşek (born 1981)


  • Ebru Topçu (born 1996)


  • Yağmur Uraz (born 1990)


  • Cansu Yağ (born 1990)


  • Aylin Yaren (born 1989)


Managers



  • Özlem Araç (born 1989)


  • Necla Güngör (born 1981)



Referees




  • Leman Bozacıoğlu


  • İpek Emiroğlu (born 1992)

  • Elif Köroğlu


  • Mürvet Yavuztürk (born 1985)



FIFA listed refereesː




  • Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer (born 1970)


  • Dilan Deniz Gökçek (born 1976)

  • Kadriye Gökçek


  • Dilek Koçbay (born 1982)


  • Sibel Kolçak (born 1990)


  • Neslihan Muratdağı (born 1988)


  • Lale Orta (born 1960)


  • Melis Özçiğdem (born 1982)


  • Fatma Özlem Tursun (born 1988)


  • Yeliz Topaloğlu (born 1978)

  • Betül Nur Yılmaz




Freediving




  • Derya Can Göçen (born 1979), world record holder


  • Yasemin Dalkılıç (born 1979), world record holder


  • Şahika Ercümen (born 1985), world record holder


  • Birgül Erken (born 1972)



Handball





Perihan Topaloğlu (white) at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship European qualification match.



The Turkish Women's Handball League was established in 1978.


In the Mediterranean Games












Year
City
Rank
2009 Mediterranean Games
Pescara, Italy

 Silver


Ice hockey



Turkish national women's ice hockey team was established in 2006.



Judo


In the Mediterranean Games



































































Year
Event
Name
Rank

1997 Mediterranean Games, Bari, Italy
48 kg. Gülnigar Gülsaran
 Bronze
61 kg. Neşe Yazıcı
 Bronze
66 kg. Gamze Sakızlıgil
 Bronze
72 kg. Zarife Yıldırım
 Bronze

2001 Mediterranean Games, Tunis, Tunisia
48 kg. Neşe Şensoy
 Gold

2005 Mediterranean Games, Almeria, Spain
48 kg. Neşe Şensoy
 Bronze
52 kg. Aynur Samat
 Silver
78 kg. Seda Karadağ
 Bronze
78+ kg. Belkıs Zehra Kaya
 Gold

2009 Mediterranean Games, Pescara, Italy
48 kg. Derya Cibir
 Bronze
78+ kg. Gülşah Kocatürk
 Bronze


Modern pentathlon



  • İlke Özyüksel (born 1997), first ever Turkish Olympian


Sailing



Windsurfing




  • Lena Erdil 2018 PWA World Cup  Silver


Swimming


















































































































































































































Name
Competition
Host
Event
Rank

Melis Akarsu
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
200m butterfly
 Bronze
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
400m ind medley
 Silver
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 200 m free relay
 Gold

Gizem Bozkurt
2013 Mediterranean Games
Mersin, Turkey
4 × 100 m free relay
 Bronze
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
100 m free
 Silver
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
200m ind medley
 Gold
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 100 m free relay
 Gold
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 200 m free relay
 Gold
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 100 m medley relay
 Bronze

Ceren Dilek
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 100 m free relay
 Gold
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 100 m medley relay
 Bronze

Burcu Dolunay
2013 Mediterranean Games
Mersin, Turkey
50m free
 Bronze
2013 Mediterranean Games
Mersin, Turkey
4 × 100 m free relay
 Bronze

Dilara Buse Gunaydin
2013 Mediterranean Games
Mersin, Turkey
50m breast
 Silver
2013 Mediterranean Games
Mersin, Turkey
100m breast
 Bronze

Esra Kübra Kaçmaz
2013 Mediterranean Games
Mersin, Turkey
4 × 100 m free relay
 Bronze
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
50m butterfly
 Silver
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
200m back
 Gold
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
100m butterfly
 Silver
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 200 m free relay
 Gold
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 100 m free relay
 Gold

Ayşe Ezgi Yazıcı
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
50m butterfly
 Bronze
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
100m butterfly
 Bronze
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 100 m medley relay
 Bronze

Halime Zülal Zeren
2013 Mediterranean Games
Mersin, Turkey
200m back
 Bronze
2013 Mediterranean Games
Mersin, Turkey
4 × 100 m free relay
 Bronze
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
200m free
 Gold
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
50m back
 Gold
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
200m back
 Gold
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 100 m free relay
 Gold
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 200 m free relay
 Gold
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
4 × 100 m medley relay
 Bronze


Taekwondo





  • Zeliha Ağrıs, world champion

  • Dürdane Altunel


  • Furkan Asena Aydın, world and European champion


  • Arzu Ceylan, European champion


  • Nuray Deliktaş, European champion


  • Ayşegül Ergin, 1992 Olympian


  • Yeliz Fındık, European champion


  • Sibel Güler, 2008 Olympian, European champion


  • Hatice Kübra İlgün, World silver medalist


  • Nafia Kuş, European champion


  • Zeynep Murat, European champion

  • Burcu Sallakoğlu


  • Kadriye Selimoğlu, world champion


  • Arzu Tan, world champion


  • Azize Tanrıkulu, 2008 Olympian, European champion


  • Ayşenur Taşbakan, European champion


  • Nur Tatar, 2012 Olympian, world and European champion


  • Hamide Bıkçın Tosun, 2000 Olympian, world champion


  • İrem Yaman, world champion


  • Hatice Kübra Yangın, European champion


  • Tennur Yerlisu, world and European champion


  • Gülnur Yerlisu, European champion


  • Rukiye Yıldırım, European champion




Tennis





İpek Soylu at the 2012 US Open.


Some notable Turkish female tennis players include:



  • Başak Eraydın


  • Çağla Büyükakçay, Olympian tennis player

  • İpek Soylu

  • İpek Şenoğlu

  • Melis Sezer

  • Pemra Özgen



Volleyball




National teams


The Turkish Women's National Team, is also known as "Filenin Sultanları" (Sultans of the Net) won gold medal at the European Games in 2015, beating Poland 3–0 at the final.


In the Mediterranean Games




















































Year
City
Rank
1975 Mediterranean Games
Algiers, Algeria

 Bronze
1987 Mediterranean Games
Latakia, Syria

 Silver
1991 Mediterranean Games
Athens, Greece

 Silver
1993 Mediterranean Games
Languedoc-Roussillon, France

 Bronze
1997 Mediterranean Games
Bari, Italy

 Silver
2001 Mediterranean Games
Tunis, Tunisia

 Silver
2005 Mediterranean Games
Almeria, Spain

 Gold
2009 Mediterranean Games
Pescara, Italy

 Silver
2013 Mediterranean Games
Mersin, Turkey

 Silver


Club teams




Vakıfbank SK, Istanbul.


Fenerbahçe won the 2011–12 CEV Women's Champions League. Vakıfbank is the winner of the 2013 Club World Championship and the 2012–13 CEV Champions League. Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor won the 2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup.



Water polo


National team players:




  • Reyhan Acar

  • Dilara Buralı

  • Melek Cavlak

  • Asli Duman

  • Damla Deniz Düz

  • Yagmur Arzu Elma

  • Yonca Sevval Erdem

  • Melda Fatma Idrisoglu

  • Karya Kose

  • Kübra Kuş

  • Fatma Eser Özaydın

  • Pelin Ozdemir

  • Aylin Soylemez




Weightlifting




  • Emine Bilgin, European champion


  • Ayşegül Çoban, European champion


  • Aylin Daşdelen, European champion


  • Sibel Özkan, European champion


  • Şule Şahbaz, European champion


  • Sibel Şimşek, European champion


  • Nurcan Taylan, Olympic, world and European champion



Wrestling



  • Yasemin Adar (born 1991), world and European champion


Paralympic sports


Archery



  • Handan Biroğlu (born 1981), para-archer


  • Burcu Dağ (born 1981), world champion para-archer


  • Gizem Girişmen (born 1981), Paralympic champion archer


  • Gülbin Su (born 1971), Paralympian archer


Athletics




Sümeyye Özcan running with guide in a 1500m event.




  • Hamide Kurt (born 1993), Paralympian sprinter


  • Sümeyye Özcan (born 1992), Paralympian middle distance runner


  • Zübeyde Süpürgeci (born 1993), Paralympian sprinter


Goalball



  • Sevda Altınoluk (born 1994), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player


  • Buket Atalay (born 1990), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player


  • Gülşah Düzgün (born 1995), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player


  • Neşe Mercan (born 1994), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player


  • Sümeyye Özcan (born 1992), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player


  • Seda Yıldız (born 1998), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player


Judo



  • Nazan Akın (born 1983), Paralympic medalist judoka


  • Duygu Çete (born 1989), Paralympic medalist judoka


  • Mesme Taşbağ (born 1981), European champion, Paralympic medalist judoka


  • Ecem Taşın (born 1991), Paralympic medalist judoka


Powerlifting



  • Özlem Becerikli (born 1980), Paralympic medalist powerlifter


  • Çiğdem Dede (born 1980), Paralympic medalist powerlifter


  • Nazmiye Muslu (born 1979), Paralympic and world champion powerlifter


Shooting



  • Çağla Baş (born 1992), wheelchair basketball player and Paralympic shooter


  • Aysel Özgan (born 1978), sport shooter


  • Ayşegül Pehlivanlar (born 1979), sport shooter


Swimming



  • Sümeyye Boyacı (born 2003), Paralympian (2016)


  • Özlem Kaya (born 1992), Paralympian (2012, 2016)


  • Sevilay Öztürk (born 2003), Paralympian (2016)


Table tennis



  • Ümran Ertiş (born 1996), Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player


  • Neslihan Kavas (born 1987), Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player


  • Kübra Öçsoy (born 1994), Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player


Wheelchair tennis


  • Büşra Ün (born 1994), first Paralympic competitor


References




  1. ^ Official results


  2. ^ "Basketbol -A Klasman Hakemlerinden Özlem Yalman, FIBA Hakemi Oldu". Haber 3 (in Turkish). 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2015-10-06..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}



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