Emre Şimşek (born June 14, 1987) is an Olympian Turkish skier competing in the alpine disciplines. The tall athlete is coached by his father İsmail Şimşek.

Early life

Emre Şimşek was born in

Bayburt Bayburt () is a city in northeast Turkey lying on the Çoruh River and is the provincial capital of Bayburt Province. According to the 2021 census the population is determined as around 82,274. Bayburt was once an important center on the ancient ...

, Turkey on June 14, 1987. After finishing the high school at his hometown in 2005, he studied physical education and sports in the Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education at

Atatürk University Atatürk University ( tr, Atatürk Üniversitesi) is a land-grant university established in 1957 in Erzurum, Turkey. The university consists of 23 faculties, 18 colleges, 8 institutes and 30 research centers. Atatürk University's main campus i ...

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. The city uses the double-headed eagle as ...

. He graduated with a

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in 2009. Şimşek obtained a

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in sports medicine in 2012. Currently, he is a lecturer at Sports College of

Erciyes University Erciyes University ( tr, Erciyes Üniversitesi) is a Turkish institute of higher education located in Kayseri, Turkey. As of 4 April 2019, a total of 64,194 students were studying for their bachelor's degree and postgraduate studies. Background ...

in Kayseri.

Career

Şimşek has nine Turkish champion titles in different age categories of slalom and giant slalom disciplines, and twice in grass skiing. He is holder of more than 50 medals. In the national team, Şimşek represented his country 122 times at international competitions. His major international participations include FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2007 Åre, Sweden and 2011 Garmisch, Germany, Winter Universiades in 2007 Turin, Italy, 2009 Harbin, China and 2011 Erzurum, Turkey as well as diverse FIS competitions between 2005 and 2013. His best

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point is 17.74, and best FIS average time is 26.61. As one of the only six-athlete team Turkey, Şimşek takes part at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi competing in the slalom and giant slalom events. He is also a certified coach for alpine skiing.

References

1987 births People from Bayburt Living people Atatürk University alumni Academic staff of Erciyes University Turkish male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Turkey Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Skiing coaches Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade {{Turkey-alpine-skiing-bio-stub