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Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Turkey | 28 May 2005|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Kayseri, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Erciyes University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Compound | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Kayseri BBSK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yunus Emre Arslan is a Turkish male compound archer and part of the national team.
Arslan studies at Erciyes University in Kayseri. [1]
Arslan started his sport career on the recommendation of his archer cousin, entering Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club at the age of 12. [2] [3] His efforts attracted his coach, who guided him to participate at the national selections. So, he was admiitted to the national team, and won around 40 medals. [2]
He won the bronze medal in the cadet team event with Abdullah Aslım and Eren Kırca at the 2021 World Archery Youth Championships held in Wrocław, Poland. [4]
At the 2022 European Youth Championships in Lilleshall, Great Britain, he won the bronze medal in the compound U18 individ event and the silver medal in compound U18 team event with Batuhan Akçaoğlu, Toprak Efe Çoban and Yakup Yıldız. [5] At the same competition, he was part of the team including Yusuf Bahadır Eryılmaz and Eren Kırca, which set a new world record in outdoor 50 m compound boys U18 team event with 2,109 points on 18 August 2022 [2] [6] The former record of 2,107 points belonged to the United States team. [2]
He won the gold medal in the compound team event with Batuhan Akçaoğlu and Yakup Yıldız at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Essen, Germany. [7]