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Evin Demir

Evin Demir
Demir in 2018
Personal information
Born (2001-02-16) 16 February 2001 (age 23)
Sancaktepe, Istanbul, Turkey
Sport
SportRace walk
ClubEnka SK
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Turkey
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Borås 10,000 m race walk
European Race Walking Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Alytus 10 km race walk (U20)

Evin Demir (born 16 February 2001) is a Turkish race walker specialising in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events.[1] She is a native of Sancaktepe in Istanbul.[2][3] She was a member of Sancaktepe Spo,[3] before she was transferred by Enka SK.[4]

Sports career

In 2018, Demir competed in the 5,000 m race walk event of the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, Hungary placing fourth.[5] she took part at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[6] She placed sixth in the 5,000 m race walk event.[1]

At the 2019 Balkan Race Walking Championships in Alexandroupoli, Greece, Demir captured the gold medal in the 10 km race walk event's U20 category.[7] She won the silver medal in the 10 km event's U20 category of the 2019 European Race Walking Cup held in Alytus, Lithuania, behind her countrywoman Meryem Bekmez.[8] In 2019, she became silver medalist in the 10,000 m event at the European U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden, again behind Bekmez.[9]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing  Turkey
2018 European U18 Championships Győr, Hungary 4th 5,000 m race walk 24:27.19 [5]
Summer Youth Olympics Buenos Aires, Argentina 6th 5,000 m race walk 23:25.54 [1]
2019 Balkan Race Walking Championships Alexandroupoli, Greece 1st 10 km race walk (U20) 45:54 [7]
European Race Walking Cup Alytus, Lithuania 2nd 10 km race walk (U20) 46:49 [8]
European U20 Championships Borås, Sweden 2nd 10,000 m race walk 46:38.68 [9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Evin Demir". IAAF. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Meryem ve Evin Madalyaya Yürüdü". Bianet (in Turkish). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Sancaktepeli Evin Demir'den Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda Gümüş Madalya". Sancaktepe Ses (in Turkish). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. ^ Taner, Rojhat (28 April 2019). "Kendi rekorunu egale etti". Spartaküs TV (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Evin Demir Avrupa dördüncüsü oldu Evin Demir Avrupa dördüncüsü oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizim Federasyonu. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Buenos Aires'te Evin Demir ilk etabı 5. bitirdi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizim Federasyonu. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Balkan Race Walking Championships 20 April 2019 Greece". Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Turkey's Bekmez bags gold medal at European Race Walking Cup". Daily Sabah. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Meryem Bekmez'den altın madalya". BirGün (in Turkish). 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.