Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir, née Safiye Sarıtürk (born 12 October 1995), is a Turkish sport shooter competing in the trap event.[1] She married Enes Temizdemir on 7 November 2021. In addition to her sports career, she also works as a physical education teacher.
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| Birth name | Safiye Sarıtürk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1995 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kahramanmaraş Gençlik S.K. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sports career
editSarıtürk Temizdemir obtained her license in 2010 and is a member of Kahramanmaraş Gençlik S.K. She has competed in various domestic competitions.[2] She is coached by Ali Emre Guray. Her height is 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in), and she weighs 52 kg (115 lb).[3]
She won the silver medal in the Junior category at the 2011 World Shotgun Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2013, she earned a bronze medal in the team trap event at the European Shotgun Championships in Suhl, Germany.[3] She claimed another bronze in the mixed team trap event at the 2018 European Shotgun Championships in Leobersdorf, Austria.[4] She also competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain,[5] and at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[6]
She secured bronze medals in the mixed team trap events at both the 2020 ISSF World Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, and the 2021 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, India.[3] In the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, she won a silver medal.[7] She participated in the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria,[8] and took the gold medal in the mixed team event, as well as a silver medal in the individual trap event at the 2022 Grand Prix in Konya, Turkey.[9] She also won the silver medal in the mixed team trap event at the 2022 European Shotgun Championships in Larnaca, Cyprus.[3]
Despite being affected by the 2023 Turkey earthquake, which also devastated her hometown on 6 February, she competed at the 2023 ISSF World Cup in Doha, Qatar, from 4 to 13 March.[10] At the first stage of the 2023 ISSF World Cup in Rabat, Morocco, she won the silver medal in the individual trap event.[11] She also secured a silver medal in the team trap event at the 2023 European Games in Wroclaw, Poland, alongside teammates Dilara Bedia Kızılsu and Rümeysa Pelin Kaya.[12]
She shares the current world record in the mixed team trap event with the United States and Australia teams, scoring 149 out of 150 points in Guadalajara, Mexico.[13]
Personal life
editBorn on 12 October 1995, Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir, née Safiye Sarıtürk, is a native of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.[2] She studied at the Physical Education School of Kahramanmaraş Sütçüimam University and works as a physical education teacher.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Shooting Trap Women's Team Qualification Start List" (PDF). European Games 2023 Wroclaw Shooting Center. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Rümeysa Pelin Kaya" (in Turkish). Türkite Atıcılık ve Avcılık Federasyonu. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Safiye Temizdemir". ISSF. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Safiye Sarıtürk Avrupa 3.Sü". Aksu Haber (in Turkish). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Tarragona 2018 Akdeniz Oyunları Raporu" (PDF). olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Minsk 2019 Avrupa Oyunları Raporu" (PDF). olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda kürsüye ambargo". Milliyet (in Turkish). 12 August 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "2022 Oran, Cezayir Sporcularımız Liste" (PDF). olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Rümeysa Pelin Kaya Dünya şampiyonu oldu". Bugün (in Turkish). 23 October 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ Bitmez, Ahmed Yusuf; Muhammed Boztepe (13 March 2023). "Enkazdan çıkan milli atıcı Safiye ve Rümeysa, Katar'da Dünya Kupası'nda mücadele etti". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir'den gümüş madalya". Sözcü (in Turkish). 21 January 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (2 July 2023). "3. Avrupa Oyunları'nda atıcılıkta kadınlar trap takım kategorisinde Türkiye, gümüş madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Haber" (in Turkish). Kahramanmaraş Gençlik ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "KSÜ Öğrencisi Safiye Sarıtürk Rekora Doymuyor" (in Turkish). Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2023.