Emel Dereli

Emel Dereli
Personal information
Nationality  Turkey
Born (1996-02-25) February 25, 1996
Zonguldak, Turkey
Sport
Sport Shot put
Club Fenerbahçe Athletics
Coached by İhsan Özden
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 18.40 m Shot put (2015)
  • 20.14 m Shot put 3 kg (2013)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Turkey
World Junior Championships
2014 Oregon Shot put
European Championships
2016 Amsterdam Shot put
European Team Championships
2013 Gateshead Shot put

Emel Dereli (born February 25, 1996 in Zonguldak) 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]

Career

She is a student at Vocational High School for Commerce in Zonguldak. Emel Dereli began with 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

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 17th Shot put 16.02 m
European Cup Winter Throwing Bar, Montenegro 3rd Shot put (U23) 16.87 m NJR
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 8th Shot put 15.86 m
2013 European Cup Winter Throwing Castellón, Spain 1st Shot put (U23) 16.78 m
World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 1st Shot put
(3 kg)		 20.14 m CR
European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 1st Shot put 18.04 m NR
European Team Championships Super League Gateshead, United Kingdom 3rd Shot put 17.50 m
12th Discus throw 37.72 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 26th (q) Shot put 16.60 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, Oregon, United States 3rd Shot put 16.55 m
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 1st Shot put 18.40 m NR
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 3rd Shot put 18.22 m

References

  1. ↑ "8th IAAF World Youth Championships-Shot Put (3kg) - Girls". IAAF. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  2. ↑ "Rieti ITA 18–21 July - Shot". European Athletics. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  3. ↑ "Emel Dereli'yi ağlatan telefon". foto Maç (in Turkish). 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  4. 1 2 Sevindik, Durmuş (2013-01-03). "16 yaşındaki güllecinin hayali olimpiyatlara katılmak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  5. ↑ "Emel Dereli'den büyük gurur". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  6. ↑ "Emel Dereli Dünya Yıldızlar Şampiyonu!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  7. ↑ "Emel Dereli'den rekor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  8. ↑ "Jak Ali Harvey'den gümüş madayla". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.