Esra Bozabalı (born 16 August 1991) 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 10m air pistol event. She is a

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at the

Turkish Gendarmerie The Gendarmerie General Command () is the national gendarmerie force of the Republic of Turkey. It is a service branch of the Turkish Ministry of Interior responsible for the maintenance of the public order in areas that fall outside the jurisdi ...

and a member of Jandarma Gücü Sports Club.

Personal life

Esra Bozabalı was born on 16 August 1991. She lives 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. She is a

of the

in the rank of

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Sport career

Bozabalı is a member of Jandarma Gücü Sports Club. She competes in the 10m air pistol event. She won the gold medal in the 10m air pisto trio event with her teammates

Şimal Yılmaz Şimal Yılmaz (born 21 June 2003) is a Turkish sport shooter 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 t ...

and

Şevval İlayda Tarhan Şevval İlayda 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

2025 European 10 m Events Championships The 2025 European 10 m Events Championships was held from 7 March to 13 March 2025 in Osijek, Croatia. Medal Table Total ISSF events ESC Challenge events Medalists ISSF Events ESC Challenge events Results Book * Senior: TBD * Junior: http ...

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, Croatia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bozabali, Esra 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Ankara Women in the Turkish military Turkish Gendarmerie personnel Turkish non-commissioned personnel Turkish female sport shooters 21st-century Turkish sportswomen ISSF pistol shooters