Şeref Osmanoğlu

Şeref Osmanoğlu
	Sheryf El-Sheryf during the 2011 World Championships
Personal information
Born	2 January 1989 (age 35); Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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
European Championships

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

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ukraine
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	5th	Triple jump	16.18 m
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	5th	Triple jump	16.09 m (-0.2 m/s)
2007	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	7th	Triple jump	15.93 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	25th (q)	Long jump	6.94 m (-0.4 m/s)
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	9th	Triple jump	15.43 m (-1.3 m/s)
2011	European Team Championships Super League	Stockholm, Sweden	9th	Long jump	7.68 m
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	Triple jump	17.72 m (+1.3 m/s)
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	12th	Triple jump	16.38 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	12th (q)	Triple jump	16.25 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	Triple jump	17.28 m (w)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	13th (q)	Triple jump	16.60 m
Representing Turkey
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	6th	Triple jump	16.55 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	–	Triple jump	NM

References

^ "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

Şeref Osmanoğlu at World Athletics

[1] "Sheryf El-Sheryf astonishes in triple jump with 17.72 gold-medal performance". European Athletics. Retrieved June 30, 2012.

[2] "Robert Harting adds Euro gold". Associated Press. June 30, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.

[3] "Athletics: Idowu in the dark as El-Sheryf looms". athlenergy.com. Retrieved July 2, 2012.

[4] (in Russian) Легкая атлетика. Веское слово Шерифа , Sport Express (19 July 2011)

[5] (in Russian) Легкая атлетика. Шериф Эль-Шериф: "Переломным в карьере стал переезд в Днепропетровск", Sport Express (21 July 2011)

[6] IAAF Transfers of Allegiance 2014

[7] Глава Федерации легкой атлетики: "На базы в Крым ехать унизительно"

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