Şevval İlayda Tarhan (born 4 February 2000) is a Turkish sports shooter competing in the

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event. She is the holder of the European women's team record and an

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Sport career

Tarhan started her sports shooting career encouraged by her mother. Already in her childhood, she was interested in firearms and uniforms, and so dreamed of a policewoman or a military woman career, although there are no such people in the family. She has been competing in the 10 m air pistol event since 2015. She is a member of Ankara Ottoman Shooting Club. At the

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, South Korea, she set a new national junior record with 237.9 points, and won the gold medal in Junior category. At the

2019 European 10 m Events Championships The 2019 European 10 m Events Championships was held in Osijek, Croatia, from March 17 to 24, 2019. The competition was held in the Gradski vrt Hall. Results Men Women Mixed events Medal table See also * European Shooting Confederation * I ...

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, Croatia, Tarhan set a new European Junior record in the 10 m air pistol event, and took the gold medal in the Junior category. In the Suhl, Germany, leg of the 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup, she captured the gold medal. She became bronze medalist in the Mixed team event with

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at the Baku, Azerbaijan leg of the

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. At the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...

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, Algeria, she placed fourth. At the

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, Norway, she and her teammates Elif Beyza Aşık and Seher Tokmak set a new European women's team record in 10 m with 861 points. She received the bronze medal in the Mixed team event of the 2023 European 10 m Events Championships in

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, Estonia. At the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in

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, Azerbaijan, she took the silver medal in the Mixed team event with teammate

. At the

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, Poland, she qualified for the ranking match, failed, however, to win a medal. She competed also in the 25 m air pistol event of the same competition without success. She and her teammate

won the silver medal in the 10 m air pistol Mixed team event at the

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, France after losing to the Serbian team in the final.

Personal life

Şevval İlayda Tarhan was born on 4 February 2000. She is a student of

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at Gazi University in

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