| Buse Savaşkan | |
| Birth Date: | 1999 2, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Northern Cyprus |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | High Jump |
| Club: | Enka SK |
Buse Savaşkan (born 24 February 1999) is a Turkish Cypriot track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. Of Turkish Cypriot origin, she represents Turkey in the sport.
Savaşkan started her athletics career participating at the first edition of the European Athletics Youth Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2016. She was eliminated with her jump over 1.75 m. In 2018, she placed second with 1.74 m at the Turkish University Championships in Adana.
She missed the finals at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gävle, Sweden by her jump of 1.68 m.
Savaşkan is a member of Enka SK in Istanbul, Turkey. She became many times Turkish champion.
She jumped over 1.80 m at the 2021 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey and took the bronze medal.
At the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Chorzów, Poland, she placed third in the Category B with 1.87 m.
She took part at the 2023 World Athletics Continental Tour, and won the champions title in the Challenger Meeting at Białystok, Poland with 1.88 m as well as in the Bronze Meeting at Jyväskylä, Finland also with 1.88 m. She received the bronze medal at the 2023 Balkan Athletics Championships in Kraljevo, Serbia jumping over 1.89 m.
Savaşkan jumped 1.91 m at the Wuppertaler Hochsprungmeeting in Germany, and placed third. At the Internationales Hochsprungmeeting in Berlin, Germany, Germany, she junped 1.90 m and placed second in the Bronze Meeting of the 2024 World Athletics Continental Tour. At the 2024 Balkan Athletics Championships in İzmir, Turkey, she captured the gold medal reaching 1.92 m.Jumping 1.89 m, she placed sixth at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy. In 2024, she junped over 1.90 m at the Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo of the World Athletics Continental Tour in Huelva, Spain, and became champion.
During the Turkish Championships in 2024, she suffered a muscle tear, and had to use crutches o help it heals quickly.
Savaşkan was qualified to represent Turkey at the 2024 Summer Olympics i n Paris, France.
| Representing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Istanbul, Turkey | 1.80 m | ||
| 2022 | Konya, Turkey | 4th | 1.82 m | |
| Oran, Algeria | 5th | 1.84 m | ||
| 2023 | Chorzów, Poland | Category B | 1.87 m | |
| Białystok, Poland | Challemger | 1.88 m | ||
| Jyväskylä, Finland | Bronze Meeting | 1.88 m | ||
| Kraków, Poland | 4th | 1.87 m | ||
| Kraljevo, Serbia | 1.89 m | |||
| 2024 | Madrid, Spain | 4th | 1.85 m | |
| Marrakesh, Morocco | 4th | 1.87 m | ||
| Wuppertaler Hochsprungmeeting | Wuppertal, Germany | 1.91 m | ||
| Berlin, Germany | Bronze Meeting | 1.90 m | ||
| İzmir, Turkey | 1.92 m | |||
| Rome, Italy | 6th | 1.89 m | ||
| Huelva, Spain | Category C | 1.90 m | ||
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 10th | 1.95 m | |
Buse Savaşkan was born in Northern Cyprus to Faika and İlhan Savaşkan on 24 February 1999. Since 2017, she has been living in Turkey away from her family.
She studies sports coaching at the Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University in Güzelyurt District, Northern Cyprus.