| Yasemin Can | |
| Birth Name: | Vivian Jemutai |
| Birth Date: | 11 December 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Nationality: | Kenyan Turkish |
| Height: | 1.66 m |
| Weight: | 49 kg[1] |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Sport: | Long-distance running |
| Club: | Enkaspor (Istanbul) |
| Pb: | 5000 m 14:36.82 (2017) |
Yasemin Can (born Vivian Jemutai on 11 December 1996[2]) is a Kenyan female long distance runner representing Turkey who specialises in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She is the reigning 10,000 m European champion. Can is a six-time European Championship medalist, including three gold medals and the 5000 m/10,000 m double in 2016, and a four-time European Cross Country champion.
She competed for Kenya before 13 March 2016, when she officially became eligible to represent Turkey at international competitions.[3] Can is the Turkish record holder for the half marathon, and the Turkish indoor record holder for the 3000 m and 5000 m. She is a two-time Turkish champion.
Can earned a quota spot for the women's 5000 m event in the 2016 Rio Olympics running 15:08.46 at the Turkish Indoor Championships in Istanbul. She secured another quota spot for the 10,000 m event running 31:30.58 at the Turkish Championships in Mersin. She set a new European under-23 record with her time.
She took part at the Golden Gala leg of 2016 IAAF Diamond League in Rome, Italy, and placing sixth in the 5000 m in a time of 14:37.61.
Can won the gold medal in the women's 10,000 m at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her time of 31:12.86 improved her own European U23 record by 18 seconds. She won her second gold medal in the 5000 m at the same championship.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she was a finalist in the fastest 10,000 m race in the history, placing seventh with a personal best time of 30:26.41.
On 5 March 2017, Can won a silver medal in the 3000 m at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade behind Laura Muir.
Can won gold medals in the women's 10,000 m and 5000 m at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[4]
On 15 August 2022, Can won the gold medal and regained her European 10,000 m title at Munich 2022, finishing in a time of 30:32.57.[5] She placed second in the 5000 m behind Konstanze Klosterhalfen and ahead of Eilish McColgan three days later.
| 2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 11th | Half marathon | 1:20:18 | ||
| 3rd | Team | 3:55:37 | |||||
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5000 m | 15:18.15 | |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 10,000 m | 31:12.86 | ||||
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | 5000 m | 14:56.96 | |||
| 7th | 10,000 m | 30:26.41 | |||||
| European Cross Country Championships | Chia, Italy | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Senior race | 24:46 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Senior team | 35 pts | ||||
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 8:43.46 | ||
| Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5000 m | 14:53.50 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 10,000 m | 31:18.20 | ||||
| European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5000 m | 15:01.67 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 10,000 m | 31:39.80 | CR | |||
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 16th (h) | 5000 m | 15:08.20 | |||
| 11th | 10,000 m | 31:35.48 | |||||
| European Cross Country Championships | Šamorín, Slovakia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Senior race | 26:48 | ||
| 3rd | Senior team | 54 pts | |||||
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 3rd | 5000 m | 14:57.63 | ||
| 4th | 10,000 m | 32:34.34 | |||||
| European Cross Country Championships | Tilburg, Netherlands | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Senior race | 26:05 | ||
| 7th | Senior team | 88 pts | |||||
| 2019 | European Cross Country Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Senior race | 26:52 | |
| 4th | Senior team | 53 pts | |||||
| 2020 | World Half Marathon Championships | Gdynia, Poland | 7th | Half marathon | 1:06:20 | NR | |
| 6th | Team | 3:31:39 | |||||
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 8th | 5000 m | 14:46.49 | ||
| 11th | 10,000 m | 31:10.05 | SB | ||||
| European Cross Country Championships | Dublin, Ireland | 14th | Senior race | 28:38 | |||
| 2022 | European 10,000 m Cup | Pacé, France | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 10,000 m | 31:20.18 | EL |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Team | 1:37:14.68 | ||||
| Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5000 m | 15:23.47 | ||
| Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5000 m | 16:23.1h | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 10,000 m | 32:34.33 | ||||
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5000 m | 14:56.91 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 10,000 m | 30:32.57 | SB | |||
| European Cross Country Championships | Turin, Italy | – | Senior race | ||||
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 12th (h) | 3000 m | 9:01.341 |