Hafize Şahin Explained

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Hafize Şahin
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:1 January 1992
Height:1.68m (05.51feet)
Weight:60kg (130lb)
Sport:Women's freestyle wrestling
Event:59kg
Club:Trakya Birlik SK, Edirne
Coach:Habil Kara
Show-Medals:yes

Hafize Şahin (born January 1, 1992) is a Turkish female freestyle wrestler competing in the 59 kg division. She is a member of the Trakya Birlik SK in Edirne, where she is coached by Habil Kara.[1] [2] She continues her study in physical education and sports at Trakya University, which she began at Aksaray University.[3]

Achievements

She won the bronze medal in the 40 kg division at the 2007 Black Sea Games in Trabzon, Turkey.[4]

Şahin became silver medalist in the 55 kg event at the 2010 European Junior Wrestling Championships held in Samokov, Bulgaria.[5] She repeated her success with the silver medal at the 2012 European Junior Wrestling Championships held between June 19–24 in Zagreb, Croatia.[6]

Şahin is the holder of two bronze medals won at the World University Championships in Torino, Italy (2010) and Kuortane, Finland (2012).[7] [8]

She captured the gold medal in her weight class at the 2012 Mediterranean Championship for Senior Women's Wrestling held between May 18–20 in Larissa, Greece.[9]

At the 2012 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand, she became silver medalist in the -59 kg division.[1]

Hafize Şahin won the bronze medal at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[10]

At the 2013 Mediterranean Games, she became gold medalist in the -63 kg division. She was winner of silver medal in the -60 kg division at the 2014 European Wrestling Championships held in Vantaa, Finland.

Notes and References

  1. News: Dünyalar O'nun . Hudut Gazetesi . 2012-09-08 . Turkish . 2013-03-22 .
  2. Web site: Sahin, Hafize (TUR) . Foeldeak . 2013-03-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727233949/http://www.foeldeak.com/wrestlingdatabase.php?language=en . 2011-07-27 . dead .
  3. News: Dünya ikincisi güreşçi, Vali Duruer'i ziyaret etti . Haber Traks . 2012-09-17 . Turkish . 2013-03-23 .
  4. Web site: First Black Sea Games: Turkey . BSANNA . 2007-07-06 . 2013-03-22 . dead . https://archive.today/20130419125237/http://bsanna-news.ukrinform.ua/newsitem.php?id=1242&lang=en . 2013-04-19 .
  5. News: 55 Kg Hafize ŞAHİN'den Gümüş Madalya . Er Meydanı . 2010-07-02 . Turkish . 2013-03-22 . dead . https://archive.today/20130413171629/http://www.ermeydani.net/haber/2221-camidan-duyurular-hafize-sahin-finalde.html . 2013-04-13 .
  6. Web site: Junior European Wrestling Championship-Zagreb 2012 . The Open Mat . 2013-03-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130526022053/http://awn.theopenmat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/results_06_zagreb.pdf . 2013-05-26 .
  7. Web site: Sahin, Hafize (TUR) . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009162013/http://fila-official.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768&Itemid=100236&lang=en . dead . 2011-10-09 . FILA Official . 2013-03-25 .
  8. Web site: News-10th WUC Wrestling: Day 3 of Competitions . FISU . 2012-10-05 . 2013-03-22 .
  9. News: Hafize Şahin Yunanistan'dan Altın Madalya ile Döndü . Eko Trakya . 2012-05-21 . Turkish . 2013-03-22 . dead . https://archive.today/20130410182034/http://www.ekotrakya.com/haber/1848/hafize-sahin-yunanistandan-altin-madalya-ile-dondu.html . 2013-04-10 .
  10. News: Hafize Şahin bronzla yetindi . . 2013-03-20 . Turkish . 2013-03-22 .