Ayşe Tekdal

Ayşe Tekdal (born 28 October 1999) is a Turkish female race walker specialising in the 5000 m, 10,000 m and 20 km events.[1] She is a native of Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey.[2] She competes for Kayapınar Belediyespor in her hometown.[3]

Ayşe Tekdal
Personal information
Born (1999-10-28) 28 October 1999
Diyarbakır, Turkey
Sport
SportRace walk
ClubKayapınar belediyespor
Medal record
Women’s athletics
Representing  Turkey
World Race Walking Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Taicang10 km race walk (team)
Balkan Race Walking Championship
Gold medal – first place2021 Antalya20 km race walk
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Gävle20 km race walk
European U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 Tbilisi5,000 m race walk

Sports career

Tekdal won the silver nedal in the 5,000 m event at the 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia with a personal best time of 22:58.17 behind her countrywoman Meryem Bekmez.[3] At the 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Taicang, China, she took the bronze medal in the 10 km race walk event with her teammate Bekmez.[4] In 2019, she captured the gold medal in the 20 km race walk event of the European Athletics U23 Championships held in Gävle, Sweden.[5] In 2019, she competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[6] She was disqualified after a fourth red card.[6] In She set a new Turkish U23 and seniors record with 21:00.97 in the indoor 5,000 m race walking event at the Turkish Indoor Race Walking Championship on 17 January 2021. Former senior women's record was held by Meryem Bekmez with 21:54.25 set in 2018, and the women's U23 record was of Nergis Adaş.[7]

In 2021, she won the gold medal at the Balkan Race Walk Championship in Antalya, Turkey with a time of 1:30:12, which brought her the participation at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She became the first Balkan champion Turkish woman race walker.[8]

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
Representing  Turkey
2016 European U18 Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 2nd 5,000 m race walk 22:58.17 PB [3]
2018 World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang, China 3rd 10 km race walk (team) 25 pts [4]
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 1st 20 km race walk 1:34:47 [5]
2021 20th Balkan Race Walking Championship Antalya, Turkey 1st 20 km race walk 1:30:12 [8][9]
  • PB: Personal best

References
  1. "Ayşe Tekdal". IAAF. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. "Diyarbakırlı atlet Ayşe Tekdal, İsveç'ten altın madalya ile döndü". Tigris Haber (in Turkish). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. "Kayapınar Belediyesporlu Kadın Atletler Şampiyon Oldu". Haberler (in Turkish). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. "Yürüyüş Milli Takımı'ndan tarihi madalya". Sabah (in Turkish). 6 May 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. "Milli sporcu Ayşe Tekdal, 20 kilometre yürüyüşte altın madalyanın sahibi oldu". Habertürk (in Turkish). 14 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. "Women's 20 kilometres walk" (PDF). IAAF - 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  7. "Milli atlet Ayşe Tekdal'dan tarihi rekor". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 17 January 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  8. Özden, Oktay (28 March 2021). "Balkan şampiyonluğuyla Türk atletizm tarihine geçen Ayşe Tekdal: Çok vazgeçtiğim anlar oldu ama yılmadım" (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  9. "20.Balkan Race Walking Championships - Antalya-TUR - 20 Km. - Senior Women" (PDF). Association of Balkan Athletics Federations. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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