Şevval_İlayda_Tarhan
Şevval İlayda Tarhan
Turkish sports shooter
Şevval İlayda Tarhan (born 4 February 2000) is a Turkish sports shooter competing in the 10m air pistol event. She is the holder of the national and European junior as well as European women's team records.
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24) Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Sports science | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Gazi University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tarhan started her sports shooting career encouraged by her mother. Already in her childhood, she was interested in firearms and uniforms, and so dreamed of a policewoman or a military woman career, although there are no such people in the family.[1] She has been competing in the 10 m air pistol event since 2015.[2] She is a member of Ankara Ottoman Shooting Club.[3]
At the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Changwon, South Korea, she set a new national junior record with 237.9 points, and won the gold medal in Junior category.[1][2]
At the 2019 European 10 m Events Championships in Osijek, Croatia, Tarhan set a new Euopean Junior record in the 10 m air pistol event, and took the gold medal in the Junior category.[4] In the Suhl, Germany, leg of the 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup, she captured the gold medal.[5]
She became bronze medalist in the Mixed team event with Yusuf Dikeç at the Baku, Azerbaijan leg of the 2022 ISSF World Cup.[6] At the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, she placed fourth.[7] At the 2022 European 10 m Events Championships in Hamar, Norway, she and her teammates Elif Beyza Aşık and Seher Tokmak set a new European women's team record in 10 m with 861 points.[8][9]
She received the bronze medal in the Mixed team event of the 2023 European 10 m Events Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[10] At the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, she took the silver medal in the Mixed team event with teammate Yusuf Dikeç.[11] At the 2023 European Games in Wrocław, Polans, she qualified for the ranking match, failed, however, to win a medal. She competed also in the 25 m air pistol event of the same cımpetition without success.[12]
Şevval İlayda Tarhan was born on 4 February 2000.[13] She is a studentof Sports Science at Gazi University in Ankara.[14]
- Samur, Musa (22 November 2018). "'Türkiye'nin Yıldızları': Şevval İlayda Tarhan". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "Şampiyon sporcu açıkta kalsı". Anayurt (in Turkish). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "Türkiye Atıcılık Federasyonu Havalı Silahler Türkiye Şampiyonası Mersin/Erdemli 08-13 Mart 2024 Katılım Listesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Atıcılık ve Avcılık Federasyonu. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- Eroğul, Hüseyin (19 March 2019). "Şevval İlayda Tarhan'dan Avrupa rekoru". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "Genç milli atıcıdan altın madalyaa". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "Milli sporculardan bronz madalya". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "2022 Oran Akdeniz Oyunşarı - Atıcılık" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "European Shooting Championship Rifle/Pistol/Running Target 10 m Hamar, NOR 18-28 March 2022 - Results Book" (PDF). European Championship 19 m 2022 Hamar, Norway. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "Havalı tabancada Avrupa rekoru". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 27 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "Milli sporcular bronz madalya kazandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 11 March 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "Milli sporculardan bir olimpiyat kotası bir de gümüş madalya". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 26 August 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "Polonya'da Avrupa Oyunları'nda Şevval İlayda Tarhan finale yükselemedi". SonDalika (in Turkish). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "Sevval Ilayda Tarhan". ISSF. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "Türkiye Üniversite Sporları Federasyonu Ünilig Atıcılık müsabakasında başarımız" (in Turkish). Spor Bilimleri Gazi Üniversitesi. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2024.