Neslihan Yiğit
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Neslihan Yiğit
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Country | Turkey |
Born | Bursa, Turkey |
February 26, 1994
Height | 178 cm (5.84 ft) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
Handedness | Right |
Coach | Çağatay Taşdemir |
Women's single & doubles | |
Highest ranking | 35 (WS) September 13, 2012 39 (WD) January 15, 2015 |
Current ranking | 65 (WS) 39 (WD) |
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Neslihan Yiğit (born February 26, 1994) is a Turkish female badminton player. The 178 cm (5.84 ft) tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.[1][2]
Neslihan Yiğit became silver medalist in singles (WS) and doubles (WD) at the U17 European Team Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to bronze medal in WS, gold medal in WD and silver in mixed doubles (XD).[1]
She competed at various international tournaments as single and double with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011-2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to the 37th place in the world ranking list as of April 19, 2012. In the doubles event, she ranks 41st in the world list together with Özge Bayrak. Neslihan ranks 7th in the World Juniors list.[3]
She qualified as the first ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics.[4]
She won the gold medal in the singles event and the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.[5]
Achievements
Women's singles
Rank | Event | Host | Date |
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Bronze | Kenya International Series | Kenya | June 23–26, 2011 |
Silver | Bulgarian International | Bulgaria | October 6–09, 2011 |
Gold | V Suriname International | Suriname | 2011 |
Bronze | South African International | South Africa | December 1–04, 2011 |
Bronze | Uganda International Badminton Championships | Uganda | February 2–05, 2012 |
Gold | Iran Fajr International Challenge | Iran | February 16–19, 2012 |
Bronze | Austrian International Challenge | Austria | February 22–25, 2012 |
Silver | Croatian International | Croatia | March 8–11, 2012 |
Silver | 36th Yonex Polish International | Poland | March 22–25, 2012 |
Bronze | XVII Peru International | Peru | April 11–15, 2012 |
Bronze | 2013 European Junior Championships | Turkey | March 22-31, 2013 |
Gold | XVII Mediterranean Games | Turkey | June 25-30, 2013 |
Gold | 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games | Indonesia | Sep 22-Oct 1, 2013 |
Gold | 2014 Turkey International | Turkey | Dec 28-21, 2014 |
Women's doubles
Rank | Event | Host | Date |
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Gold | Kenya International Series | Kenya | June 23–26, 2011 |
Silver | Victor Slovak Open | Slovakia | August 31-September 3, 2011 |
Bronze | Bulgarian International | Bulgaria | October 6–09, 2011 |
Gold | V Suriname International | Suriname | 2011 |
Gold | South African International | South Africa | December 1–04, 2011 |
Silver | Uganda International Badminton Championships | Uganda | February 2–05, 2012 |
Bronze | Iran Fajr International Challenge | Iran | February 16–19, 2012 |
Gold | XVII Mediterranean Games | Turkey | June 25-30, 2013 |
Bronze | 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games | Indonesia | Sep 22-Oct 1, 2013 |
Gold | Hellas International Series | Greece | May 15-18, 2014[6] |
Bronze | 2015 European Games | Azerbaijan | June 26, 2015 |
See also
References
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- 1994 births
- Sportspeople from Bursa
- Turkish female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players of Turkey
- Living people
- European Games bronze medalists for Turkey
- European Games medalists in badminton
- Badminton players at the 2015 European Games
- European Games competitors for Turkey