Ayşe Tekdal (born 28 October 1999) is a Turkish female

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specialising in the

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and

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events. She is a native of Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey. She competes for Kayapınar Belediyespor in her hometown.

Sports career

Tekdal won the silver nedal in the 5,000 m event at the

2016 European Athletics Youth Championships The 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships was the first edition of the biennial, continental athletics competition for European athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held in Tbilisi, Georgia from 14–17 July and was established follow ...

held in Tbilisi, Georgia with a personal best time of 22:58.17 behind her countrywoman Meryem Bekmez. At the

2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships The 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships was the 28th edition of the global team racewalking competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Overview The programme remained unchanged, with senior men's ...

in Taicang, China, she took the bronze medal in the 10 km race walk event with her teammate Bekmez. In 2019, she captured the gold medal in the 20 km race walk event of the European Athletics U23 Championships held in Gävle, Sweden. In 2019, she competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ...

held in Doha, Qatar. She was disqualified after a fourth red card. In She set a new Turkish U23 and seniors record with 21:00.97 in the indoor 5,000 m race walking event at the Turkish Indoor Race Walking Championship on 17 January 2021. Former senior women's record was held by Meryem Bekmez with 21:54.25 set in 2018, and the women's U23 record was of Nergis Adaş. In 2021, she won the gold medal at the Balkan Race Walk Championship in Antalya, Turkey with a time of 1:30:12, which brought her the participation at the

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. She became the first Balkan champion Turkish woman race walker.

Competition record

* PB: Personal best

References

External links

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tekdal, Ayse Living people 1999 births Sportspeople from Diyarbakır Turkish female racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Turkey Olympic female racewalkers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics