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Şimal Yılmaz

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Şimal Yılmaz
Personal information
Born (2003-06-21) 21 June 2003 (age 21)
Antalya, Turkey
EducationPolitical Science and International Relations
Alma materÇankaya University
Sport
SportShooting
Medal record
Women's sport shooting
Representing  Turkey
ISSF World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku 10m air pistol Mixed team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Györ 10m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hamar 10m air pistol J
Silver medal – second place 2021 Osijek 10m air pistol team J

Şimal Yılmaz (born 21 June 2003) is a Turkish sport shooter who competes in the 10-metre (33 ft) air pistol event. She has won three silver medals at European level by competing in the European 10-metre Events Championship, and holds the Turkish record in the 10-metre air pistol.

Career

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Şimal Yılmaz's father built her a shooting range in the living room of their home in Antalya, Turkey.[1] She was coached by Tayfun Salim Kır,[1] and won a bronze and a silver medal in the youth category of the Turkish championships.[1]

Yilmaz won the silver medal with Yasemin Beyza Yılmaz and İlayda Nur Çürük in the junior 10-metre (33 ft) air pistol team event at the 2021 European Championship in Osijek, Croatia.[2] She won the silver medal in the junior 10-metre air pistol event at the 2022 European Championships in Hamar, Norway.[3] Yilmaz attended Çankaya University in Ankara, Turkey, and competed in the 10-metre air pistol event at the Intercollegiate Shooting Turkish Championships. In 2022 at Sakarya, she won the silver medal and in 2023 at Trabzon, she was placed fifth.[4] At the fifth stage of the 2023 ISSF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, Yilmaz won the bronze medal in the mixed team 10-metre air pistol event with İsmail Keleş.[5]

At the H&N Cup in Munich, Germany, in January 2024, Yilmaz set a new Turkish record in the 10-metre air pistol event with 579 points.[6] She finished the competition and won the gold medal with 241.5 points.[7] She won the silver medal at the 2024 European 10-metre Events Championships in Győr, Hungary, and secured a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8][9]

Personal life

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Şimal Yılmaz was born in Antalya, Turkey, on 21 June 2003.[1][10][11] After graduating from high school, she attended Çankaya University in Ankara to study political science and international relations at the university's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Eve poligon kurdu". Antalya Lider (in Turkish). 13 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ "European Shooting Championship" (PDF). Shooting. European Junior Championship Osijek 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ Brennan, Eliott (20 March 2022). "Hungary double gold in junior events at European 10m Shooting Championships". Dunsar Media Company Limited. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Atıcılık - Üniversitelerarası Atıcılık Türkiye Şampiyonası Trabzon / 2023" (in Turkish). Çankaya Üniversitesi. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ "İsmail Keleş ve Şimal Yılmaz'dan bronz madalya". SporX (in Turkish). 11 May 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Milli atıcı Şimal Yılmaz'dan Türkiye rekoru". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 25 January 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Final Results - 10m Air Pistol Women" (PDF). SIUS H&N Cup 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Milli sporcu Şimal Yılmaz, Paris kotası aldı! Bakan Bak'tan tebrik..." Hürriyet Gazetecilik (in Turkish). 29 February 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Şimal Yılmaz dan olimpiyat Kotası". Bein Sports (in Turkish). Digiturk. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Şimal Yılmaz" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atıcılık ve Avcılık Federasyonu. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Şimal Yılmaz". ISSF. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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