Begünhan Elif Ünsal

Begünhan Elif Ünsal (born January 4, 1993) is a Turkish archer.

Begünhan Elif Ünsal
Personal information
Born (1993-01-04) January 4, 1993
Isparta, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing a mixed-NOCs team
European Championships
2010 PorečIndoor Ind.
2010 RoveretoOutdoor Ind.
European Junior Cup
2010 Reggio CalabriaTeam
Youth Olympic Games
2010 SingaporeMixed team

Private life

Begünhan Elif Ünsal was born in Isparta, Turkey on January 4, 1993.[1][2] After finishing the private high school Altınbaşak College,[3] she studied Sports Science at the Faculty of Health Science in Süleyman Demirel University in her hometown.[4]

Sports career

Ünsal began her archery career at age ten,[5] inspired by her archer older sister and encouraged by her father.[6] She is trained by her father Yalçın Ünsal.[5]

She participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. She was eliminated in the second round in the individual event by the eventual silver medallist Tan Ya-Ting.[7] She paired up with Abdul Dayyan bin Mohamed Jaffar of Singapore to win bronze in the mixed team event.[8]

She won the silver medal in the youth category and the bronze medal in the senior category at the 2010 Archery European Indoor Championships held in Poreč, Croatia.[3][5] At the 2010 European Archery Championships held in Rovereto, Italy, Ünsal became bronze medalist.[9] She owns a gold medal won in the team event of the 2010 European Junior Cu, which took place in Reggio Calabria, Italy.[2][6]

References
  1. "Begünhan Ünsal" (in Turkish). On Ok. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  2. "European Junior Cup-Medal Standings" (PDF). European and Mediterranean Atchery Union. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  3. Er, arık (2010-10-08). "Okçulukda dünya dereceleri elde eden milli sporcu Elif Ünlü, gözünü olimpiyatlara dikti". Cihan News Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  4. "SDÜ Okçularının Başarısı". Isparta (in Turkish). 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  5. "Okçulukta Avrupa ikincisi olan Begünhan'ın hedefi dünya birinciliği". Cihan News Agency (in Turkish). 2010-03-26. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  6. "Okçulukta Begünhan 'Ünsal'dı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  7. Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (20 August 2010). "Archery Junior Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  8. Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (19 August 2010). "Archery Mixed Team Bronze Medal Match" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  9. "Begünhan'dan Çifte Madalya". Federasyonlar (in Turkish). 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2016-02-10.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.