Zekiye Keskin Şatır (born 10 June 1976 in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

) is a Turkish athlete competing in

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. She is coached by Cumhur Yavaş and is a member of ''

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Metropolitan Municipality Sport Club''.

2004 Summer Olympics

Keskin Şatır represented Turkey at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. She placed 25th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 631. In the first round of elimination, she faced 40th-ranked

Wiebke Nulle Wiebke Nulle (born 5 June 1980) is an athlete from Germany. She competes in archery. She was born in Wilhelmshaven. Biography Nulle represented Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 40th in the women's individual ranking round wi ...

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. Keskin Şatır defeated Nulle, winning in a 10–7 tie-breaker after tying 135 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced

Evangelia Psarra Evangelia Psarra ( el, Ευαγγελία Ψάρρα; born June 17, 1974 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek archer who has competed at the Summer Olympics six times from 2000 to 2020. Career At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Psarra entered the women's competi ...

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, losing to the 8th-ranked archer 163–161 in the regulation 18 arrows. Keskin Şatır finished 17th in women's individual archery. She was also a member of the 10th-place Turkish women's archery team. Keskin Şatır participated at the

2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 (XV Juegos del Mediterráneo 2005 in Spanish), commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games, were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 Ju ...

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ranking 11th place. With the Turkish team, she won silver medal.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Keskin Şatır finished her ranking round with a total of 644 points. This gave her the 16th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced

Elpida Romantzi Elpida Romantzi (born July 17, 1981 in Thessalonica) is an archer from Greece. She placed 34th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 624 at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the first round of elimination, she faced 11th-ran ...

in the first round. The archer from

who was only the 49th seed was too strong in the confrontation and won the match with 105–103, eliminating Keskin Şatır.Athlete biography: Zekiye Keskin Satir
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008

References

1976 births Living people Turkish female archers Olympic archers for Turkey Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Istanbul Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in archery 20th-century Turkish sportswomen 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-archery-bio-stub