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Şimal Yılmaz (born 21 June 2003) is a Turkish
sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...
who competes in the air pistol event. She has won three silver medals at European level by competing in the European 10-metre Events Championship, and holds the Turkish record in the 10-metre air pistol.


Personal life

Şimal Yılmaz was born in
Antalya Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...
, Turkey, on 21 June 2003. After graduating from high school, she attended
Çankaya University Çankaya University () is a private university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on July 9, 1997, by the Sıtkı Alp Education Foundation. The university began its teaching in the Fall 1997 semester. Sıtkı Alp is the chairman of the bo ...
in Ankara to study political science and international relations at the university's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.


Sport career

Şimal Yılmaz's father built her a
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in the living room of their home in
Antalya Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...
, Turkey. She was coached by Tayfun Salim Kır, and won a bronze and a silver medal in the youth category of the Turkish championships. Yilmaz won the silver medal with Yasemin Beyza Yılmaz and İlayda Nur Çürük in the junior air pistol team event at the 2021 European Championship in
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, Croatia. She won the silver medal in the junior 10-metre air pistol event at the
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in
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, Norway. Yilmaz attended
Çankaya University Çankaya University () is a private university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on July 9, 1997, by the Sıtkı Alp Education Foundation. The university began its teaching in the Fall 1997 semester. Sıtkı Alp is the chairman of the bo ...
in
Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
, Turkey, and competed in the 10-metre air pistol event at the Intercollegiate Shooting Turkish Championships. In 2022 at
Sakarya Sakarya may refer to: Places * Sakarya (continent), a small continent 90 million years ago * Sakarya, Ardanuç, a village in Artvin Province, Turkey * Sakarya, Polatlı, a village in Ankara Province, Turkey * Sakarya gas field, in the Black Sea * ...
, she won the silver medal and in 2023 at
Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...
, she was placed fifth. At the fifth stage of the
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in
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, Azerbaijan, Yilmaz won the bronze medal in the mixed team 10-metre air pistol event with
Ä°smail KeleÅŸ Ä°smail KeleÅŸ (born 5 March 1988 in Ankara) is a Turkish shooting sport, sport shooter competing in the shooting sport#Pistol, pistol events. By profession an officer in the rank of First lieutenant at the Gendarmerie (Turkey), Turkish Gendarm ...
. At the H&N Cup in
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, Germany, in January 2024, Yilmaz set a new Turkish record in the 10-metre air pistol event with 579 points. She finished the competition and won the gold medal with 241.5 points. She won the silver medal at the 2024 European 10-metre Events Championships in
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, Hungary, and secured a spot in the
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. She won the gold medal in the 10m air pisto trio event with her teammates Esra Bozabalı and
Åževval Ä°layda Tarhan Åževval Ä°layda Tarhan (born 4 February 2000) is a world and European champion Turkish Shooting sport, sports shooter competing in the ISSF 10 meter air pistol, 10 m air pistol event. She is the holder of the European women's team record and an ...
at the
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in Osijek, Croatia.


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Simal Yilmaz
at the
Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yilmaz, Simal 2003 births Living people Sportspeople from Antalya Turkish female sport shooters 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Çankaya University alumni ISSF pistol shooters Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Turkey Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics