Emel Dereli (born 25 February 1996) is a Turkish female track and field athlete competing in shot put and occasionally in discus throw. For the shot put event, she holds a world record in the cadets[1] and a national record in the juniors[2] category. Since 2012, she is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics.[3] She is coached by İhsan Özden.[4]
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Nationality | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Zonguldak, Turkey | 25 February 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shot put | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fenerbahçe Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | İhsan Özden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editDereli was born in Zonguldak, where she is a student at Vocational High School for Commerce in Zonguldak. She began shot put in 2008, and two years later she was called up for the Turkey national team. She won more than fifty medals at national and international competitions in different age categories.[4]
Dereli took the gold medal in the under 23 category at the 2013 European Cup Winter Throwing held in Castellón, Spain.[5]
She won the gold medal and set a championship record in the shot put 3 kg event at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Donetsk, Ukraine. She is the second ever shot putter in the world exceeding the 20 m mark in the cadets category.[6]
At the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships in Rieti, Italy, she won the gold medal and set a new national record for with 18.04 m.[7]
Dereli won the bronze in the shot put event at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[8]
International competitions
editReferences
edit- ^ "8th IAAF World Youth Championships-Shot Put (3kg) - Girls". IAAF. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Rieti ITA 18–21 July - Shot". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Emel Dereli'yi ağlatan telefon". foto Maç (in Turkish). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ a b Sevindik, Durmuş (3 January 2013). "16 yaşındaki güllecinin hayali olimpiyatlara katılmak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Emel Dereli'den büyük gurur". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 6 March 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Emel Dereli Dünya Yıldızlar Şampiyonu!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Emel Dereli'den rekor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 22 July 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "Jak Ali Harvey'den gümüş madayla". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
External links
edit- Emel Dereli at World Athletics
- Emel Dereli at Diamond League
- Emel Dereli at All-Athletics at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 June 2015)
- Emel Dereli at Olympedia (archive)
- Emel Dereli at Olympics.com
- Emel Dereli at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Emel Dereli at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)