| Şeref Osmanoğlu | |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 1.76m (05.77feet) |
| Weight: | 58kg (128lb) |
| Country: | Ukraine (until May 2013) Turkey (since May 2013) |
| Event: | Triple jump, Long jump |
| Pb: | 17.72 m |
Şeref Osmanoğlu (born Sheryf El-Sheryf; 2 January 1989 in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Turkish and former Ukrainian (until May 2013) athlete who competes in the triple jump and occasionally long jump.
He won gold medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships with a leap of 17.72m, bettering his personal best by 80 cm.[1] In 2012, he won the silver medal in the triple jump at the European Athletics Championships.[2]
He has a Ukrainian mother while his father, a doctor, is from Sudan.[3] [4] [5] He changed his allegiance to Turkey in 2013, also changing his name to Şeref Osmanoğlu.[6] The Turkish federation paid $152,000 to the Ukrainian federation for the transfer.[7]
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 5th | Triple jump | 16.18 m |
| 2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | Triple jump | 16.09 m (-0.2 m/s) |
| 2007 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 7th | Triple jump | 15.93 m |
| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 25th (q) | Long jump | 6.94 m (-0.4 m/s) |
| 9th | Triple jump | 15.43 m (-1.3 m/s) | |||
| 2011 | European Team Championships Super League | Stockholm, Sweden | 9th | Long jump | 7.68 m |
| European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Triple jump | 17.72 m (+1.3 m/s) |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 12th | Triple jump | 16.38 m | |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 12th (q) | Triple jump | 16.25 m |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Triple jump | 17.28 m (w) |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 13th (q) | Triple jump | 16.60 m | |
| Representing | |||||
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6th | Triple jump | 16.55 m |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | – | Triple jump | NM | |