Emel Dereli
Emel Dereli (born February 25, 1996) is a Turkish female track and field athlete competing in shot put and occasionally in discus throw. For the shot put event, she holds a world record in the cadets[1] and a national record in the juniors[2] category. Since 2012, she is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics.[3] She is coached by İhsan Özden.[4]
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Nationality | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Zonguldak, Turkey | February 25, 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shot put | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fenerbahçe Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | İhsan Özden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Dereli was born in Zonguldak, where she is a student at Vocational High School for Commerce in Zonguldak. She began shot put in 2008, and two years later she was called up for the Turkey national team. She won more than fifty medals at national and international competitions in different age categories.[4]
Dereli took the gold medal in the under 23 category at the 2013 European Cup Winter Throwing held in Castellón, Spain.[5]
She won the gold medal and set a championship record in the shot put 3 kg event at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Donetsk, Ukraine. She is the second ever shot putter in the world exceeding the 20 m mark in the cadets category.[6]
At the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships in Rieti, Italy, she won the gold medal and set a new national record for with 18.04 m.[7]
Dereli won the bronze in the shot put event at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[8]
International competitions
References
- "8th IAAF World Youth Championships-Shot Put (3kg) - Girls". IAAF. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- "Rieti ITA 18–21 July - Shot". European Athletics. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- "Emel Dereli'yi ağlatan telefon". foto Maç (in Turkish). 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- Sevindik, Durmuş (2013-01-03). "16 yaşındaki güllecinin hayali olimpiyatlara katılmak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- "Emel Dereli'den büyük gurur". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- "Emel Dereli Dünya Yıldızlar Şampiyonu!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- "Emel Dereli'den rekor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
- "Jak Ali Harvey'den gümüş madayla". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
External links
- Emel Dereli at World Athletics
- Emel Dereli at Diamond League
- Emel Dereli at All-Athletics
- Emel Dereli at Olympedia
- Emel Dereli at Olympics.com
- Emel Dereli at the Turkish National Olympic Committee