Yeşim Bostan (born 24 May 1995) is a Turkish compound archer. She is native of Muğla, Turkey, where she studied physical education at Sıtkı Koçman University.[1] She is a member of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor.[2]

Yeşim Bostan
Personal information
Born (1995-05-24) 24 May 1995 (age 29)
Muğla, Turkey
Sport
Country Turkey
SportArchery
Eventcompound
Clubİstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Medal record
Women's Archery
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Mexico City Individual
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nimes Junior team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Yankton Individual
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Nottingham Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Legnica Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Legnica Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Echmiadzin Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Mixed team
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Mixed team
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Samsun Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Samsun Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Antalya Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Berlin Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Antalya Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Rome Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Shamghai Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Shamghai Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Antalya Mixed team
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya Individual
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Naples Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Team

Career

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Representing Turkey, she debuted internationally in 2014,[3] and on the bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 European Championships in Echmiadzin, Armenia. She competed in three events at the 2015 World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[4] At the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Yankton, South Dakota, USA, she took the silver medal in the Individual event.[3] At the second leg of the 2018 World Cup in Antalya, she became gold medalist in Individual event.[2][5]

In 2022, she won the bronze medal in the women's team compound event at the European Indoor Archery Championships held in Laško, Slovenia. She also won the bronze medal in the mixed team compound event.[6] She won the silver medal in the women's team compound event at the Antalya, Turkey event in the 2022 Archery World Cup.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Yeşim Bostan'ın hedefi dünyanın bir numarası olmak". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2 June 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "İBB'li Sporcu Yeşim Bostan'dan ALtın Madalya" (in Turkish). İBB Kurumsal. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b Yıldırım, Tolga; Emrah Gül (19 March 2019). "Dünyanın en iyi kadın makaralı okçusu Yeşim Bostan'ın hedefi altın madalya". CNN Türk (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ^ "2015 World Archery Championships: Entries by country" (PDF). ianseo.net. pp. 7–18. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Okçuluk Dünya Kupası'nda altın madalya Yeşim Bostan'ın". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 26 May 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  6. ^ "2022 European Indoor Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Gibson ends 12-year wait for British Archery World Cup individual winner in Antalya". InsideTheGames.biz. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.