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]
_(cropped).JPG) Demir in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 February 2001 Sancaktepe, Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Race walk | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Enka SK | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sports career edit
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 edit
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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Representing  Turkey
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| 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 edit
- ^ a b c "Evin Demir". IAAF. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Meryem ve Evin Madalyaya Yürüdü". Bianet (in Turkish). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Sancaktepeli Evin Demir'den Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda Gümüş Madalya". Sancaktepe Ses (in Turkish). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Taner, Rojhat (28 April 2019). "Kendi rekorunu egale etti". Spartaküs TV (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Evin Demir Avrupa dördüncüsü oldu Evin Demir Avrupa dördüncüsü oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizim Federasyonu. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Buenos Aires'te Evin Demir ilk etabı 5. bitirdi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizim Federasyonu. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Balkan Race Walking Championships 20 April 2019 Greece". Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Turkey's Bekmez bags gold medal at European Race Walking Cup". Daily Sabah. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ 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.
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