Emre Şimşek (born June 14, 1987) is an
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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, 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 in
Erzurum. He graduated with a
Bachelor's degree in 2009. Şimşek obtained a
Master's degree in sports medicine in 2012. Currently, he is a lecturer at Sports College of
Erciyes University in
Kayseri
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.
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
FIS
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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
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
in
Sochi
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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
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