Ayşe Tekdal

Ayşe Tekdal (born 28 October 1999) is a Turkish female race walker specialising in the 5000 m, 10,000 m and 20 km events.[1] She is a native of Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey.[2] She competes for Kayapınar Belediyespor in her hometown.[3]

Ayşe Tekdal
Personal information
Born (1999-10-28) 28 October 1999
Diyarbakır, Turkey
Sport
SportRace walk
ClubKayapınar belediyespor
Medal record
Women’s athletics
Representing  Turkey
World Race Walking Team Championships
2018 Taicang10 km race walk (team)
European U23 Championships
2019 Gävle20 km race walk
European U18 Championships
2016 Tbilisi5,000 m race walk

Sports career

Tekdal won the silver nedal in the 5,000 m event at the 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia with a personal best time of 22:58.17 behind her countrywoman Meryem Bekmez.[3] At the 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Taicang, China, she took the bronze medal in the 10 km race walk event with her teammate Bekmez.[4] In 2019, she captured the gold medal in the 20 km race walk event of the European Athletics U23 Championships held in Gävle, Sweden.[5]

Competition record
Year Competition Venue Position EventTime Notes
Representing  Turkey
2016 European U18 Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 2nd 5,000 m race walk 22:58.17 PB [3]
2018 World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang, China 3rd 10 km race walk (team) 25 pts [4]
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 1st 20 km race walk 1:34:47 [5]
  • PB: Personal best

References
  1. "Ayşe Tekdal". IAAF. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. "Diyarbakırlı atlet Ayşe Tekdal, İsveç'ten altın madalya ile döndü". Tigris Haber (in Turkish). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. "Kayapınar Belediyesporlu Kadın Atletler Şampiyon Oldu". Haberler (in Turkish). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. "Yürüyüş Milli Takımı'ndan tarihi madalya". Sabah (in Turkish). 6 May 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. "Milli sporcu Ayşe Tekdal, 20 kilometre yürüyüşte altın madalyanın sahibi oldu". Habertürk (in Turkish). 14 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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