Hafize Şahin

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]

Hafize Şahin
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1992-01-01) January 1, 1992
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportWomen's Freestyle Wrestling
Event(s)59kg
ClubTrakya Birlik SK, Edirne
Coached byHabil Kara
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Freestyle wrestling
European Championships
2014 Vantaa -60 kg
2013 Tbilisi -59kg
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin -63kg
World Junior Championships
2012 Pattaya -59kg
World University Championships
2012 Kuortane -59kg
2010 Torino -55kg
European Junior Championships
2012 Zagreb -59kg
2010 Samokov 55kg

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.

References
  1. "Dünyalar O'nun". Hudut Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  2. "Sahin, Hafize (TUR)". Foeldeak. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  3. "Dünya ikincisi güreşçi, Vali Duruer'i ziyaret etti". Haber Traks (in Turkish). 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  4. "First Black Sea Games: Turkey". BSANNA. 2007-07-06. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  5. "55 Kg Hafize ŞAHİN'den Gümüş Madalya". Er Meydanı (in Turkish). 2010-07-02. Archived from the original on 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  6. "Junior European Wrestling Championship-Zagreb 2012" (PDF). The Open Mat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  7. "Sahin, Hafize (TUR)". FILA Official. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  8. "News-10th WUC Wrestling: Day 3 of Competitions". FISU. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  9. "Hafize Şahin Yunanistan'dan Altın Madalya ile Döndü". Eko Trakya (in Turkish). 2012-05-21. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  10. "Hafize Şahin bronzla yetindi". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2013-03-22.


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