Özlem Yalman (born 30 April 1977 in Antalya, Turkey) is a Turkish female pro basketball referee, a former basketball player, and a school teacher for physical education.

Early years

Özlem was born in

Adana Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana Province, Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart ...

, Turkey in 1977 to Nezih Yalman, who died in Izmir at age 64 in 2014. She studied Physical Education and Sports at

Ege University Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the ...

in Izmir. After graduation, she was appointed teacher for physical education in a school at

Antalya Antalya () is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, fifth-most populous city in Turkey as well as the capital of Antalya Province. Located on Anatolia's southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish cit ...

, in which she serves as the only instructor for her branch.

Sports career

Yalman played basketball during her university years, and in

Karşıyaka Basket Karşıyaka Basket, mostly known as Pınar Karşıyaka for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional basketball team located in Karşıyaka, İzmir, that competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League. It is a section of the multi-sport club ...

in the Turkish Women's Basketball Second League. In 1995, she obtained a

referee A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titl ...

license, and in 2004 she was promoted to A-class official status. Currently, she officiates basketball matches of the

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and

Turkish Women's Basketball League The Women's Basketball Super League ( tr, Kadınlar Basketbol Süper Ligi, KBSL), also known as the Herbalife Nutrition Women's Basketball Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top women's professional basketball division of the Turkish wom ...

. After successfully completing the

FIBA The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its na ...

referee candidate program in

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, Italy in 2010 and passing the subsequent exam in

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approximat ...

, Turkey, she became a FIBA-listed referee. Since 2011, she has been tasked to officiate several basketball competitions at world and European level.

International participations

;2011 *

2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women The 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women was the 28th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the cross ...

– August 4–14, Italy ;2013 *

EuroBasket Women 2013 The 2013 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2013, was the 34th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition was held in France from 15–30 June 2013. This was the fourth time that the EuroBaske ...

– June 5–30, France. *

EuroBasket Women 2015 qualification The qualification for the EuroBasket Women 2015 was split in two parts. In the first round (7–25 June 2013) teams that has not qualified for the EuroBasket Women 2013, 2013 competition were eligible to enter. Second qualifying round was held from ...

– June 7–25, Israel * 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women – July 4–14, Turkey *

2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women The 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Lithuanian:2013 m. FIBA iki 19 metų pasaulio moterų čempionatas)was hosted by Lithuania from July 18 until July 28, 2013. The United States won their fifth straight and sixth overall title ...

– July 18–28, Lithuania ;2014 * 2013–14 EuroCup Women Final – March 20, Russia. *

2014 FIBA World Championship for Women The 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, the 17th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey from 27 September to 5 October 2014. This tournament implement ...

– September 27 – October 5, Turkey. ;2015 * EuroBasket Women 2015 Group C – June 11–15, Hungary * 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women – July 2–12, Spain. *

2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women was the 27th edition of the European championship for women's national under-16 basketball teams. A total of 16 teams participated in the competition, which took place in Matosinhos, Portugal, ...

– August 13–23, Portugal ;2016 * 2015–16 EuroCup Women Final – April 13, France. 2017 FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2017 Final June 25, Prague ;2019 * EuroLeague Women Final Four 12–14 April Semi Final & Final *

FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 The 2019 EuroBasket Women, European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2019, was the 37th edition of the continental tournament in women's basketball, sanctioned by the FIBA Europe. The tournament was co-held in Latvia ...

Final – July 7, Serbia

References

1977 births Sportspeople from Adana Ege University alumni Turkish schoolteachers Turkish women's basketball players Turkish basketball referees Living people FIBA referees Turkish women referees and umpires {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub

Early years

Sports career

International participations

See also

References