Ela Naz Özdemir (born 23 April 2006) is a Turkish swimmer who specializes in freestyle swimming of 200 metre events. She takes part at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
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| National team |  Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 April 2006 Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Galatasaray Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early years in sport
editDuring her primary school education's fourth grade, Özdemir became in her age category of ten-year-old girls Turkish champion in all the 50 m freestyle, 50 m backstroke, 200 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley events at the 2016 Anatolian Youth Swimming League.[1]
She set a new Turkish record in the 50 m freestyle of U14 25 m SCM with 6.05 in Istanbul, Turkey on 24 December 2020, and another national record in the 200 m freestyle of U16 25 m SCM with 1:58.17 in Istabul on 28 December 2022.[2]
At the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy, she shared the bronze medal with her teammates in the girls' 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event.[3]
Sport career
editÖzdemir is a member of Galatasaray Swimming in Istanbul.[4]
She won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay event at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[4][5] The team set a new Turkish record in the same event with 8:01.58 on 17 June 2024.[5]
Özdemir was qualified to represent her country at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France together with her teammates Gizem Güvenç, Ecem Dönmez and Zehra Bilgin after they placed within the first 16 teams with 8:05.21 in the Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event of the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.[6]
Personal life
editEla Naz Özdemir was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 23 April 2006.[7]
She completed her primary school education at the private Ahmet Şimşek College in Kartal, Istanbul.[1] She is a student at the private science school Nazmi Arıkan Fen Bilimleri Anatolian High School in Kartal.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Ahmet Şimşekli Ela Türkiye şampiyonu oldu". Güne Doğuş (in Turkish). 29 May 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Türkiey Yüzme Rekorları - Kısa Kulvar Rekorları (25m SCM)" (in Turkish). Türkiye Yüzme Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Turkish Freestyle Specialist Ela Naz Ozdemir Commits to Georgia Tech for 2024". Swim Swam. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Yüzücümüz Ela Naz Özdemir'den Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda bronz madalya" (in Turkish). Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Tarihi başarı: Yüzücülerimizden Avrupa üçüncülüğü" (in Turkish). fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Milli yüzücüler bir kota daha aldı". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Milli yüzücü Ela Naz Özdemir kimdir?". Yeni Bakış (in Turkish). 29 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Öğrencimiz Ela Naz Özdemirden Yüzme Rekoru" (in Turkish). Fen Bilimleri. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
External links
edit- Ela Naz Ozdemir at World Aquatics
- Ela Naz Ozdemir at Swimrankings.net
- Ela Özdemir at NBC Olympics
- Ela Naz Özdemir at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Ela Naz Özdemir at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)