Şeref Osmanoğlu
Appearance
(Redirected from Seref Osmanoglu)
![]() Sheryf El-Sheryf during the 2011 World Championships | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 2 January 1989||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||
Sport | |||||||||
Country | Ukraine (until May 2013) Turkey (since May 2013) | ||||||||
Event(s) | Triple jump, Long jump | ||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||
Personal best | 17.72 m | ||||||||
Medal record
|
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.
Career
[edit]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]
Competition record
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sheryf El-Sheryf astonishes in triple jump with 17.72 gold-medal performance". European Athletics. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ "Robert Harting adds Euro gold". Associated Press. June 30, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ "Athletics: Idowu in the dark as El-Sheryf looms". athlenergy.com. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ (in Russian) Легкая атлетика. Веское слово Шерифа , Sport Express (19 July 2011)
- ^ (in Russian) Легкая атлетика. Шериф Эль-Шериф: "Переломным в карьере стал переезд в Днепропетровск", Sport Express (21 July 2011)
- ^ IAAF Transfers of Allegiance 2014
- ^ Глава Федерации легкой атлетики: "На базы в Крым ехать унизительно"
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Simferopol
- Ukrainian male triple jumpers
- Ukrainian male long jumpers
- Turkish male triple jumpers
- Turkish male long jumpers
- Ukrainian people of Sudanese descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Ukraine
- Olympic athletes for Turkey
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Ukrainian emigrants to Turkey
- Naturalized citizens of Turkey
- Olympic male triple jumpers