Evin Demir

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Evin Demir
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Demir in 2018
Personal information
Born (2001-02-16) 16 February 2001 (age 23)
Sancaktepe, Istanbul, Turkey
Sport
Sport Race walk
Club Enka SK
Medal record
Women’s athletics
Representing Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
European U20 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Borås 10,000 m race walk
European Race Walking Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Alytus 10 km race walk (U20)

Evin Demir (born 16 February 2001) is a Turkish race walker specialising in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events. [1] She is a native of Sancaktepe in Istanbul. [2] [3] She was a member of Sancaktepe Spo, [3] before she was transferred by Enka SK. [4]

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Sports career

In 2018, Demir competed in the 5,000 m race walk event of the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, Hungary placing fourth. [5] she took part at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [6] She placed sixth in the 5,000 m race walk event. [1]

At the 2019 Balkan Race Walking Championships in Alexandroupoli, Greece, Demir captured the gold medal in the 10 km race walk event's U20 category. [7] She won the silver medal in the 10 km event's U20 category of the 2019 European Race Walking Cup held in Alytus, Lithuania, behind her countrywoman Meryem Bekmez. [8] In 2019, she became silver medalist in the 10,000 m event at the European U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden, again behind Bekmez. [9]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
Representing Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
2018 European U18 Championships Győr, Hungary 4th5,000 m race walk24:27.19 [5]
Summer Youth Olympics Buenos Aires, Argentina 6th5,000 m race walk23:25.54 [1]
2019Balkan Race Walking Championships Alexandroupoli, Greece 1st10 km race walk (U20)45:54 [7]
European Race Walking Cup Alytus, Lithuania 2nd10 km race walk (U20)46:49 [8]
European U20 Championships Borås, Sweden 2nd10,000 m race walk46:38.68 [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Evin Demir". IAAF. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Meryem ve Evin Madalyaya Yürüdü". Bianet (in Turkish). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Sancaktepeli Evin Demir'den Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda Gümüş Madalya". Sancaktepe Ses (in Turkish). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. ↑ Taner, Rojhat (28 April 2019). "Kendi rekorunu egale etti". Spartaküs TV (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Evin Demir Avrupa dördüncüsü oldu Evin Demir Avrupa dördüncüsü oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizim Federasyonu. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Buenos Aires'te Evin Demir ilk etabı 5. bitirdi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizim Federasyonu. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Balkan Race Walking Championships 20 April 2019 Greece". Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations . Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Turkey's Bekmez bags gold medal at European Race Walking Cup". Daily Sabah . 20 May 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Meryem Bekmez'den altın madalya". BirGün (in Turkish). 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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