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Berfin Şengül

Berfin Şengül (born August 20, 2002) is a Turkish curler from Erzincan, Turkey.[1] She currently plays lead on the Turkish National Women's Curling Team skipped by Dilşat Yıldız.[2]

Berfin Şengül
Curler
Şengül at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Born (2002-08-20) August 20, 2002 (age 21)
Erzincan, Turkey
Team
Curling clubMilli Piyango CA, Erzurum
SkipDilşat Yıldız
ThirdÖznur Polat
Secondİfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu
LeadBerfin Şengül
Alternateİclal Karaman
Curling career
Member Association Turkey
World Championship
appearances		3 (2022, 2023, 2024)
European Championship
appearances		3 (2021, 2022, 2023)

Career edit

Şengül played third on the Turkish team that represented the nation at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Champéry, Switzerland. Her team, with skip Selahattin Eser, fourth Kadir Polat and lead İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu finished 2–3 through the round robin, not enough to advance to the playoff round.[3] She then competed with Olle Moberg of Sweden in the mixed doubles event. The pair won their first game, before losing in the round of twenty-four, eliminating them from contention.[4]

In 2022, she was set to skip the Turkish junior women's team at the 2022 World Junior-B Curling Championships before the event was cancelled due to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the men's event.[5] She threw fourth stones for the Turkish team at the 2022 World Junior-B Curling Championships during the 2022–23 season. The team, led by Ilknur Urusan, finished 4–1 in the round robin and won 8–4 over Denmark in the quarterfinals. They then lost 7–2 to Scotland in the semifinal and 11–10 to Korea in the bronze medal game, finishing in fourth place and just outside of qualifying for the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships.[6] Şengül was added to the Turkish national women's team for the 2021–22 season.

The 2021–22 season was a breakout season for Turkish curling, as the nation found relative successful in the international events they attended. At the start of the season, Erzurum hosted the 2021 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event to qualify teams for the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event. In the women's event, the Turkish team succeeded in qualifying for the Olympic Qualification Event, going 5–1 through the round robin and knockout round.[7] Their next event was the 2021 European Curling Championships, where Turkey competed in the A Division. Through the event, Turkey posted three victories against Denmark, Estonia and Italy, enough to finish in seventh place in the group. This seventh-place finish was enough to earn them a direct spot into the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship, the first time Turkey ever qualified for a men's or women's world championship.[8] Next was the Olympic Qualification Event, held December 5 to 18 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Şengül, with teammates Dilşat Yıldız, Öznur Polat, Ayşe Gözütok and Mihriban Polat, finished 3–5 through the round robin. Their three victories, however, came against the top three teams in the event. The team defeated the eventual Olympic gold and silver medalists Eve Muirhead and Satsuki Fujisawa, as well as the silver medalists from 2018 in Korea's Kim Eun-jung.[9] Into the new year, Şengül and the women's team represented Turkey at the World Championship. After losing multiple close games in extra ends, the Turkish team was able to record their first victory in World Women's Championship history against Czech Republic's Alžběta Baudyšová 7–5 in Draw 17 of the event.[10] The team ultimately finished the event in eleventh place with a 2–10 record, recording their second victory against the Scottish team who had to withdraw before the event began.[11]

Team Yıldız had their best European Championship to date at the 2022 European Curling Championships. After three consecutive losses, the team won five straight games which included wins over higher seeded Germany, Denmark and Norway. In their final game, they lost a narrow 8–7 match to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg, finishing in sixth place and just outside of the playoffs.[12] As they had finished in the top eight, however, they qualified once again for the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship. There, the team of Dilşat Yıldız, Öznur Polat, Mihriban Polat, Şengül and İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu again had a slow start, going 1–4 in their first five games. They then picked up momentum, winning four of their next five games, which included wins against Japan, Korea, Germany and Denmark. Needing to win their next two games to qualify for the playoffs, they fell 10–4 to Canada, eliminating them from contention.[13] They were able to beat Scotland in their final round robin game to finish in eighth place with an even 6–6 record in their second world championship appearance.[14]

In preparation for the 2023 European Curling Championships, the Turkish women's team played in two tour events. After a fourth-place finish at the Sundbyberg Open, the team advanced to the final of the WCT Tallinn Ladies Challenger where they lost to Evelīna Barone.[15] At the Europeans in Aberdeen, the team did not replicate their success from 2022, instead finishing tied for last in the group with Czechia and Germany at 2–7. However, because their two victories came against these two teams, they finished eighth overall and earned qualification into the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship for a third straight year.[16] In the new year, the team competed in the 2024 Cortina Curling Cup where they defeated higher ranked teams such as Stefania Constantini, Marianne Rørvik and Xenia Schwaller en route to claiming Turkey's first women's World Curling Tour event title.[17] At the World Championship, the team had a slow start and never recovered, finishing with a 3–9 record and tenth place overall.[18] Notability, the team gave Canada's Rachel Homan one of their toughest games of the event.[19] With Turkey leading by one in the tenth, Homan needed a precise runback for the victory, which she made.[20]

Personal life edit

Şengül is currently a student athlete.[21][22]

Teams edit

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2021–22[23] Dilşat Yıldız Öznur Polat Berfin Şengül Ayşe Gözütok Mihriban Polat
Berfin Şengül İclal Karaman İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu Ilknur Urusan Selenay Diler
2022–23 Dilşat Yıldız Öznur Polat İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu Mihriban Polat Berfin Şengül
2023–24 Dilşat Yıldız Öznur Polat İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu Berfin Şengül Mihriban Polat
İclal Karaman
Berfin Şengül (Fourth) İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu İclal Karaman Ilknur Urusan (Skip) Melisa Cömert

References edit

  1. ^ "2022 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Andrew Kurjata (March 23, 2022). "Turkish curlers winning fans at World Women's Curling Championship debut". CBC Sports. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "Norway shake-off Great Britain and Slovenia for quarter-final place". World Curling Federation. January 14, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "Final 12 mixed doubles teams confirmed at Youth Olympics". World Curling Federation. January 20, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "World Junior-B Curling Championships 2022 cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". World Curling Federation. January 6, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "Canada women win World Junior-B gold". World Curling Federation. December 19, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  7. ^ "Czech Republic and Finland men and Latvia and Turkey women qualify for the Olympic Qualification Event". World Curling Federation. October 15, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  8. ^ "Germany grab last semi-final spot in the women's last round-robin session". World Curling Federation. November 25, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "Scotland women qualify for Beijing 2022, while Japan, Korea and Latvia secure play-off spots at the OQE". World Curling Federation. December 16, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  10. ^ "Turkey record historic first World Championship win". World Curling Federation. March 25, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  11. ^ Bryan Murphy (March 28, 2022). "2022 World Women's Curling Championship: Results, final standings of Canada's Bronze medal performance at the international tournament". Sporting News. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  12. ^ "Live Blog: Day six at the ECC". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  13. ^ "Canada's Einarson tops Turkey 10-4 at women's world curling championship". Global News. March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  14. ^ "Live Blog: Day seven at the WWCC". World Curling Federation. March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  15. ^ "2023 Tallinn Ladies International Challenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  16. ^ "Semi-final field complete at the Europeans". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  17. ^ "Yildiz wins Cortina Curling Cup". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  18. ^ "Saturday's World Women's play-off matchups set". World Curling Federation. March 23, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  19. ^ "Fired up!". Curling Canada. March 20, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  20. ^ "Canada's Team Homan survive Türkiye to stay undefeated, clinch playoff spot at worlds". TSN. March 20, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  21. ^ "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  22. ^ Anna Kubešková (January 9, 2024). ""You get beat, but it's what makes you stronger" — Elite curlers reflect on junior days". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  23. ^ "Berfin Şengül Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 9, 2022.

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