Çiğdem Özyaman | |
Nationality: | Turkish |
Birth Date: | 1985 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Düzce, Turkey |
Alma Mater: | Selçuk University |
Occupation: | Teacher of physical education |
Years Active: | 2001-present |
Country: | Turkey |
Sport: | Shotgun shooting |
Event: | Skeet |
Coach: | Diego Gasperini |
Çiğdem Özyaman (born 7 October 1985 in Düzce, Turkey), also known as Çiğdem Özyaman Özenir after her marriage, is a Turkish sport shooter competing in the skeet event. The tall athlete at is right-handed.
She began sport shooting at the age of 14 with her father's encouragement. She serves as a teacher of physical education in a primary school at Bolu after her graduation from Selçuk University.
Özyaman qualified for the skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics by virtue of her gold medal at the 2011 European Shooting Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She was one of the first two Turkish women Olympic sport shooters; the other being Nihan Kantarcı, who was selected to compete in the trap event. SHe won the silver medal at the 2013 European Shotgun Championships in Suhl, Germany.
Representing | |||||
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2004 | European Championships | Nicosia, Cyprus | 3rd | J | |
2005 | ISSF World Championships | Lonato, Italy | 8th | J | |
European Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 6th | J | ||
2007 | European Championships | Granada, Spain | 8th | ||
2011 | ISSF World Cup 2 | Beijing, China | 7th | ||
European Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | |||
2013 | IPSC European Shotgun Championship | Suhl, Germany | 2nd | ||
2023 | ISSF World Championships | Baku, Azerbaijan | 7th | Team |
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