Elif Şahin (born 19 January 2001) is a Turkish

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player. She is tall at and plays in the Setter position. She plays for

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit Eczacıbaşı Dynavit is the professional women's volleyball department of Eczacıbaşı S.K., a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The team plays its home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul. Eczacıbaşı has ...

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. She is a member of the

Turkey women's national volleyball team The Turkey women's national volleyball team ( tr, Türkiye Kadın Voleybol Milli Takımı) is formed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF) and represents Turkey in international CEV and FIVB organizations. The team is one of the most ...

Club career

Elif Şahin is tall at , and plays in the Setter position. She started her sport career in the academy of Karayolları SK in her hometown

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in the 2017–18 season. She won the Turkish runner-up title with the youth team in the 2017-19season. She joined

-based

in the 2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League. The same season, she won the 2020 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup. She took the bronze medal at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in

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, Turkey.

International career

Şahin was admitted to the Turkey women's national U-18 team. She was part of the team, which placed fourth at the 2017 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship in Argentina. The next year, she played at the 2018 Women's U19 European Championship in Albania with the Turkey women's U-19 team, which finished fourth. She took the silver nedal with the U-19 team at the 2018 Balkan Volleyball Championship Women's U19. She is a member of the Turkey national team. She was part of the national team, which placed fourth at the

2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the second edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, an annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams. The competition was held between May and J ...

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, China. Her team finished the

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held in

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and the

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on place eight. She became gold medalist at the

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Personal life

Elif Şahin was born in Ankara, Turkey on 19 January 2001. She has two sisters. Her two-years older sister

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is also a professional volleyball player in the Outside Hitter position, who played in the same club as her.

Honours

Individual

;

FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship is an international women's club volleyball competition organised by the '' Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first conte ...

: Best Setter:

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Club

Karayolları SK

; Turkish Junior Women Vollayball League : 2018

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit

;

Turkish Women's Volleyball League The Turkish Women's Volleyball League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol 1. Ligi) officially called the Sultans League (Turkish: Sultanlar Ligi), is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Fe ...

: 2021–22 :

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Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup The Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol Türkiye Kupası), is a national cup for professional women's volleyball in Turkey, organized by the Turkish Volleyball Federation since the 1994-95 season. Between 2003 and 2008 ...

: 2020–21 : 2021–22 ;

Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup The Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup ( tr, Türkiye Voleybol Kadınlar Şampiyonlar Kupası), is the Super Cup competition for professional women's volleyball in Turkey, organized by the Turkish Volleyball Federation since 2009. It is conteste ...

: 2020 : 2021–22 ; AXA Sigorta Champions Cup : 2020 ;

CEV Women's Champions League The Women's CEV Champions League, formerly known as CEV Champions Cup (from 1960 to 2000), is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by the Confédération Européenne de ...

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Women's CEV Cup The Women's CEV Cup, formerly known as CEV Cup Winners' Cup (from 1972 to 2000) and CEV Top Teams Cup (from 2000 to 2007), is the second-top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by ...

: 2021–22

International

; Balkan Women's U19 Volleyball Championship : 2018 ;

FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The first tournament took place between May a ...

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Women's European Volleyball Championship The Women's European Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). The initial gap between championships was variable, but si ...

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References

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