Türkan Erişmiş (born 5 January 1984 in Ağrı, Turkey), aka Türkan Bozkurt, Türkan Bozkurt Erişmiş or Türkan Özata-Erişmiş, is a Turkish female middle distance runner competing mostly in the

3000 m steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the h ...

and cross country running events. The tall athlete at graduated from Niğde University, and works now as a teacher of physical education. In 1996, at the age of twelve, she moved to Ankara leaving her parents in Ağrı. She was discovered and recommended to coach Ali Çelik in Ankara by a former athlete Sermet Timurlenk in her hometown. She was a member of Kasımpaşaspor in Istanbul before she transferred to

Üsküdar Belediyespor Üsküdar Belediyespor ( tr, Üsküdar Belediyesi Spor Kulübü) is a multi-sports club established 1984 in Istanbul, Turkey by the municipality of Üsküdar district ( tr, Üsküdar Belediyesi). Üsküdar Belediyespor's main activities are in ...

. Currently, she is running for Beşiktaş J.K. Athletics Team. She won the bronze medal in the 5.975 km event of U23 category at the

2006 European Cross Country Championships The 13th European Cross Country Championships were held at San Giorgio su Legnano in Italy on 10 December 2006. Mo Farah took the title in the men's competition, while Tetyana Holovchenko won the women's race. Results Men individual 9.95 km ...

held in

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, Italy. Erişmiş earned a bronze medal in 3000 m steeplechase at the

2005 Summer Universiade The 2005 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXIII Summer Universiade, took place in İzmir, Turkey, in August. Emblem The emblem is the letter “U”, inspired by the bird's-eye view of the Gulf of İzmir. This shape has perfectly fit the lett ...

held in İzmir, Turkey setting the national record. She repeated her same success at the

2007 Summer Universiade The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, ...

held in Bangkok, Thailand setting the national record again. She repeated her bronze medal gain at the

2009 Summer Universiade The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Provin ...

held in

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, Serbia. She participated in the 3000 m steeplechase event at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

without advancing to the final. On 13 June 2009 Türkan Erişmiş set the national record in 3000 m steeplechase with 9:28.84 that lasted until 9 June 2012, to be broken by

Gülcan Mıngır Gülcan Mıngır (; born 21 May 1989) is a Turkish female middle distance runner specialized in 3000 m steeplechase. She was a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics Club before she transferred to Üsküdar Belediyespor. She is coached by İhsan Alp ...

in Sofia, Bulgaria with 9:13.53.

Personal life

Türkan Erişmiş is married to Fahrettin Özata, a national wrestler. On 12 March 2010 she gave birth to a son, named Mustad.

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* 1984 births Sportspeople from Ağrı Living people Turkish female middle-distance runners Turkish female steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Beşiktaş J.K. athletes Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Niğde University alumni Turkish schoolteachers FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub