Elif Şahin

Elif Şahin
Elif Şahin
Personal information
Born	19 January 2001; Ankara, Turkey
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Spike	302 cm (119 in)
Block	300 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
Number	12
Career
2017–2020; 2020–;	Karayolları SK; Eczacıbaşı Dynavit;
National team
2017; 2018; 2019–;	Turkey U-18; Turkey U-19; Turkey;
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing Turkey
World Cup
European Championship
FIVB Nations League

Elif Şahin (born 19 January 2001) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb) and plays in the Setter position. She plays for Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in Istanbul. She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

Club career

Elif Şahin is 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb), and plays in the Setter position. She started her sport career in the academy of Karayolları SK in her hometown Ankara in the 2017–18 season.[1] She won the Turkish runner-up title with the youth team in the 2017-19season.[1][2]

She joined Istanbul-based Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in the 2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League. The same season, she won the 2020 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup.[2][3] She took the bronze medal at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Antalya, Turkey.[4]

International career

Şahin was admitted to the Turkey women's national U-18 team. She was part of the team, which placed fourth at the 2017 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship in Argentina.[2][5]

The next year, she played at the 2018 Women's U19 European Championship in Albania with the Turkey women's U-19 team, which finished fourth.[2][6] She took the silver nedal with the U-19 team at the 2018 Balkan Volleyball Championship Women's U19.[2][7]

She is a member of the Turkey national team.[8] She was part of the national team, which placed fourth at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in Nanjing, China. Her team finished the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship held in Poland and the Netherlands on place eight. She became gold medalist at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in Arlington, Texas, United States.[9]

Personal life

Elif Şahin was born in Ankara, Turkey on 19 January 2001.[2][10] She has two sisters. Her two-years older sister Saliha is also a professional volleyball player in the Outside Hitter position, who played in the same club as her.[10][11][8]

Honours

Karayolları SK

Turkish Junior Women Vollayball League: 2018

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit

Turkish Women's Volleyball League: 2021–22; 2022–23

Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup: 2020–21; 2021–22

Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup: 2020; 2021–22

AXA Sigorta Champions Cup: 2020

CEV Women's Champions League: 2022–23

FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship: 2022

Women's CEV Cup: 2021–22

International

Balkan Women's U19 Volleyball Championship: 2018

FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League: 2023

Women's European Volleyball Championship
: 2023

References

"Elif Şahin" (in Turkish). Women Vollyeybox. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
"Elif Şahin" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
"2020 AXA Sigorta Kadınlar Şampiyonlar Kupası'nda Kupa ve Madalyalar Sahiplerini Buldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. 9 September 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
"FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Chamğionship 2022 | GMT 1–3 ECZ". FIVB. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
"FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship 2017 TUR 3–1 DOM" (PDF). Volleyball Argentina 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
"2018 European Championship U19 Women Volleyball". CEV. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
"Balkan Championships U19 2018" (in Turkish). Balkan Volleyball Association. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
"Elif Şahin kimdir? Elif Şahin nereli? Elif Şahin boyu kaç?". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 17 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
"TUR 3–0 ITA". Volleyball Nations League Women. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
Yıldırım, Mesut (21 March 2021). "Saliha ve Elif Şahin kardeşler: Azim ve hırsla en yüksek hedefe". Fanatik (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
"Saliha Şahin – Smaçör" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

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[wvb-1] "Elif Şahin" (in Turkish). Women Vollyeybox. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[esk0-2] "Elif Şahin" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[tvf1-3] "2020 AXA Sigorta Kadınlar Şampiyonlar Kupası'nda Kupa ve Madalyalar Sahiplerini Buldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. 9 September 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[cev2022cwc-4] "FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Chamğionship 2022 | GMT 1–3 ECZ". FIVB. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[wu18arg-5] "FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship 2017 TUR 3–1 DOM" (PDF). Volleyball Argentina 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[wu19ec-6] "2018 European Championship U19 Women Volleyball". CEV. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[wu19bc-7] "Balkan Championships U19 2018" (in Turkish). Balkan Volleyball Association. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[cnnt1-8] "Elif Şahin kimdir? Elif Şahin nereli? Elif Şahin boyu kaç?". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 17 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[w2023vnl-9] "TUR 3–0 ITA". Volleyball Nations League Women. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[f1-10] Yıldırım, Mesut (21 March 2021). "Saliha ve Elif Şahin kardeşler: Azim ve hırsla en yüksek hedefe". Fanatik (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[esk1-11] "Saliha Şahin – Smaçör" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 31 July 2023.