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Şevval İlayda Tarhan

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Şevval İlayda Tarhan
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24)
Ankara, Turkey
EducationSports science
Alma materGazi University
Sport
SportSports shooting
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 10 m air pistol Mixed team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Changwon 10 m air pistol Junior
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku 10 m air pistol Mixed team
European 10 m Events Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Osijek 10 m air pistol Junior
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tallinn 10 m air pistol Mixed team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Baku 10 m air pistol Mixed team
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Suhl 10 m air pistol Junior

Şevval İlayda Tarhan (born 4 February 2000) is a Turkish sports shooter competing in the 10 m air pistol event. She is the holder of the European women's team record and an Olympic silver medal.

Sporting career

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Tarhan started her sports shooting career when encouraged by her mother. In her childhood she had been interested in firearms and uniforms, and dreamed of becoming a policewoman or career in the military, a first in her family.[1] She has been competing in the 10 m air pistol event since 2015.[2] She is a member of Ankara Ottoman Shooting Club.[3]

At the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Changwon, South Korea, she set a new national junior record with 237.9 points, and won the gold medal as a Junior.[1][2]

At the 2019 European 10 m Events Championships in Osijek, Croatia, Tarhan set a new European Junior record in the 10 m air pistol event, and took the gold medal in the Junior category.[4] In the Suhl, Germany, leg of the 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup, she captured the gold medal.[5]

She took the bronze medal in the Mixed team event with Yusuf Dikeç at the Baku, Azerbaijan leg of the 2022 ISSF World Cup.[6] At the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, she placed fourth.[7] At the 2022 European 10 m Events Championships in Hamar, Norway, she and her teammates Elif Beyza Aşık and Seher Tokmak set a new European women's team record in 10 m with 861 points.[8][9]

She received the bronze medal in the Mixed team event of the 2023 European 10 m Events Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[10] At the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, she took the silver medal in the Mixed team event with teammate Yusuf Dikeç.[11] At the 2023 European Games in Wrocław, Poland, she qualified for the ranking match, failed, however, to win a medal. She competed also in the 25 m air pistol event of the same competition without success.[12]

She and her teammate Yusuf Dikeç won the silver medal in the 10 m air pistol Mixed team event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France after losing to the Serbian team in the final.[13]

Personal life

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Şevval İlayda Tarhan was born on 4 February 2000.[14] She is a student of Sports Science at Gazi University in Ankara.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b Samur, Musa (22 November 2018). "'Türkiye'nin Yıldızları': Şevval İlayda Tarhan". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Şampiyon sporcu açıkta kalsı". Anayurt (in Turkish). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Türkiye Atıcılık Federasyonu Havalı Silahler Türkiye Şampiyonası Mersin/Erdemli 08-13 Mart 2024 Katılım Listesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Atıcılık ve Avcılık Federasyonu. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  4. ^ Eroğul, Hüseyin (19 March 2019). "Şevval İlayda Tarhan'dan Avrupa rekoru". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Genç milli atıcıdan altın madalyaa". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Milli sporculardan bronz madalya". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  7. ^ "2022 Oran Akdeniz Oyunşarı – Atıcılık" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  8. ^ "European Shooting Championship Rifle/Pistol/Running Target 10 m Hamar, NOR 18-28 March 2022 – Results Book" (PDF). European Championship 19 m 2022 Hamar, Norway. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Havalı tabancada Avrupa rekoru". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 27 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Milli sporcular bronz madalya kazandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 11 March 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Milli sporculardan bir olimpiyat kotası bir de gümüş madalya". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 26 August 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Polonya'da Avrupa Oyunları'nda Şevval İlayda Tarhan finale yükselemedi". SonDalika (in Turkish). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Paris Olimpiyat Oyunları'nda Yusuf Dikeç ve Şevval İlayda Tarhan ikilisinden gümüş madalya!". Fanatik (in Turkish). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Sevval Ilayda Tarhan". ISSF. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Türkiye Üniversite Sporları Federasyonu Ünilig Atıcılık müsabakasında başarımız" (in Turkish). Spor Bilimleri Gazi Üniversitesi. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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