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Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı
Country representedTurkey
Born (1990-08-30) August 30, 1990 (age 33)
Şahinbey, Gaziantep, Turkey
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight47 kg (104 lb)
DisciplineArtistic gymnastics
Head coach(es)Mergül Güler
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Artistic gymnastics
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara Vault
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona Floor exercise
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku Balance beam
Silver medal – second place 2017 Baku Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Baku Floor exercise

Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı (pronounced [ˈɟœcsu ˈytʃtaʃ]; born August 30, 1990 in Şahinbey, Gaziantep Province, Turkey) is a Turkish female artistic gymnast. She is coached by Mergül Güler.[1] She graduated 2011 as a teacher of physical education and sports from the Abant Izzet Baysal University in Bolu Province.[2]

Göksu Üçtas was meant to perform at the 2008 summer Olympic Games but failed to do so due to a severe neck injury which could have stopped her gymnastics career. She won the silver medal in the vault event at the 2009 Mediterranean Games held in Pescara, Italy.[3] In 2010, Üçtaş won the bronze medal in the floor exercise event at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup A held in Doha, Qatar.[4] At the World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics-Grand Prix Ostrava 2010 in the Czech Republic, she won gold medal in the floor exercise, silver medal in the balance beam and silver medal in the vault event.[5]

She qualified to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics as the first ever Olympic gymnast from Turkey.[1] Due to an injury suffered during a training prior to the Olympics,[6] she could compete in the balance beam event only. With 11.333 points, with a d-score of 3.3 and an e-score of 8.033, Üçtaş ranked 77th, and did not advance to the final.[7]

In January 2013, she announced her retirement from active sports due to her long-lasting injury on her left elbow. She told she is going to return to her hometown Gaziantep, where she plans to open a gymnastics school.[8] On August 14, 2013, she married gymnast Özgün Şanlı in İzmir.[9]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Turkey
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 2nd Vault
2010 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup A Doha, Qatar 3rd Floor
World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics-Grand Prix Ostrava Ostrava, Czech Republic 1st Floor
2nd Beam
2nd Vault
2012 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom 77th Beam 11.333

References

  1. ^ a b "Göksu Üçtaş'tan tarihi başarı". NTV Sport (in Turkish). 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  2. ^ "Mezunumuz 2012 Londra Olimpiyatları'na katılmaya hak kazandı" (in Turkish). Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi. 2012-01-13. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
  3. ^ "France faces tough competition - Jul 3rd, 2009". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  4. ^ "Out and out success! - Mar 24th, 2010". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  5. ^ "World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics-Grand Prix Ostrava 2010" (PDF). VTS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  6. ^ Yılmazdemir, Koray (2012-06-29). "Alçılı koluyla olimpiyatlara hazırlanıyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  7. ^ "Cimnastikte Göksu Üçtaş elendi". Haber 7 (in Turkish). 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  8. ^ "Göksu Üçtaş cimnastiğe veda etti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  9. ^ "Şampiyonları buluşturan düğün". Gazete Ekspres (in Turkish). 2013-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-29.


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