Begünhan Elif Ünsal

Begünhan Elif Oruç (born January 4, 1993) is a Turkish archer.

Begünhan Elif Oruç
Personal information
Born (1993-01-04) January 4, 1993
Isparta, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing a International Olympic Committee mixed-NOCs team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 PorečIndoor Ind.
Bronze medal – third place2010 RoveretoOutdoor Ind.
European Junior Cup
Gold medal – first place2010 Reggio CalabriaTeam
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 SingaporeMixed team

Private life

Begünhan Elif Oruç was born in Isparta, Turkey on January 4, 1993.[1][2] After finishing private high school in Altınbaşak College,[3] she studied Sports Science at the Faculty of Health Science in Süleyman Demirel University in her hometown.[4]

Sports career

Ünsal began her archery career at age ten,[5] inspired by her older sister, also an archer, and encouraged by her father.[6] Ünsal is trained by her father Yalçın Ünsal.[5]

She participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. She was eliminated in the second round in the individual event by the silver medallist Tan Ya-Ting.[7] She paired up with Abdul Dayyan bin Mohamed Jaffar of Singapore to win bronze in the mixed team event.[8]

Ünsal won the silver medal in the youth category and the bronze medal in the senior category at the 2010 Archery European Indoor Championships held in Poreč, Croatia.[3][5] At the 2010 European Archery Championships held in Rovereto, Italy, Ünsal became the bronze medalist.[9] She won a gold medal in the team event of the 2010 European Junior Cu, which took place in Reggio Calabria, Italy.[2][6]

References
  1. "Begünhan Ünsal" (in Turkish). On Ok. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  2. "European Junior Cup-Medal Standings" (PDF). European and Mediterranean Atchery Union. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  3. Er, arık (2010-10-08). "Okçulukda dünya dereceleri elde eden milli sporcu Elif Ünlü, gözünü olimpiyatlara dikti". Cihan News Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  4. "SDÜ Okçularının Başarısı". Isparta (in Turkish). 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  5. "Okçulukta Avrupa ikincisi olan Begünhan'ın hedefi dünya birinciliği". Cihan News Agency (in Turkish). 2010-03-26. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  6. "Okçulukta Begünhan 'Ünsal'dı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  7. Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (20 August 2010). "Archery Junior Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  8. Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (19 August 2010). "Archery Mixed Team Bronze Medal Match" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  9. "Begünhan'dan Çifte Madalya". Federasyonlar (in Turkish). 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2016-02-10.


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