Şahika Ercümen
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Şahika Ercümen (born 16 January 1985) is a Turkish
dietitian A dietitian, medical dietitian, or dietician is an expert in identifying and treating disease-related malnutrition and in conducting medical nutrition therapy, for example designing an enteral tube feeding regimen or mitigating the effects of ...
and world record holder free-diver. Born on January 16, 1985, in
Çanakkale Çanakkale is a city and seaport in Turkey on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. It is the seat of Çanakkale Province and Çanakkale District.Anatolian High School Anatolian High School, or Anadolu High School (), refers to public high schools in Turkey that admit their students according to high nationwide standardized test (LGS) scores, though this is not required for entering all Anatolian High Schools. ...
in her hometown. For her higher education, she moved to
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 ( ...
, and became a dietitian graduating from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at BaÅŸkent University's Faculty of Health Sciences. Her participation in underwater sports began with
scuba diving Scuba diving is a Diving mode, mode of underwater diving whereby divers use Scuba set, breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance. The word ''scub ...
and
underwater rugby Underwater Rugby (UWR) is an underwater team sport in which two teams compete to deliver a negatively buoyant ball into the opponents’ goal at the bottom of a swimming pool. It originated from physical fitness training programs in German d ...
. For twelve years, she is interested in various branches of underwater sports, and is a member of four national teams since 2001. She participated with the
underwater hockey Underwater hockey (UWH), also known as Octopush in the United Kingdom, is a globally played limited-contact sport in which two teams compete to manoeuvre a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool into the opposing team's goal by propelling ...
,
underwater rugby Underwater Rugby (UWR) is an underwater team sport in which two teams compete to deliver a negatively buoyant ball into the opponents’ goal at the bottom of a swimming pool. It originated from physical fitness training programs in German d ...
, underwater orienteering and free diving national teams in the World and European Championships.


Achievements

Her long dynamic apnea under ice (DYN) that was achieved on February 11, 2011, in Lake Weissensee,
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, found entry into the ''
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'' for both for men and women. Former records were for women and for men. Şahika Ercümen is former world record holder of constant weight with fins at sea (CWT) discipline with set in
Dahab Dahab (, , "gold") is a small town on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, approximately northeast of Sharm el-Sheikh. Dahab can be divided into three major parts. Masbat, which includes the Bedouin village of Asalah, in the nor ...
,
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on November 10, 2011 (recognized by CMAS). The former record belonged to Tanya Streeter with . The same day at the same place, she set another CMAS-recognized world record diving deep in variable weight apnea without fins at sea (VNF). On June 1, 2013, she broke her own world record diving in the VNF discipline to a depth of in saline
soda water Carbonated water is water containing dissolved carbon dioxide gas, either artificially injected under pressure, or occurring due to natural geological processes. Carbonation causes small bubbles to form, giving the water an effervescent quali ...
s of
Lake Van Lake Van (; ; ) is the largest lake in Turkey. It lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in the provinces of Van Province, Van and Bitlis Province, Bitlis, in the Armenian highlands. It is a Salt lake, saline Soda lake, soda lake, receiv ...
, eastern Turkey (recognized by CMAS). She stated that she preferred the site for her world-record free-diving attempt because she wanted to call world's attention to the migration of Pearl Mullet (Chalcalburnus tarichi), also called Lake Van fish. She set a new free-diving world record in the VNF discipline reaching the depth mark in 2:49 minutes at Kaş, Antalya, southern Turkey on July 23, 2014. Former record in this discipline, which was set the previous year, belonged to Derya Can, another Turkish diver. On October 22, 2016, Ercümen set a new world record off Kaş, Turkey diving to a depth of in the variable weight apnea with fins at sea (VWT) discipline in 2:44 minutes. Her record was recognized by CMAS officials at site. She set a new CMAS world record for women diving in sweet water of Lake Salda in Yeşilova,
Burdur Province Burdur Province () is a province of Turkey, located in the southwest and bordering MuÄŸla and Antalya to the south, Denizli to the west, Afyon to the north, and Isparta to the east. Its area is 7,175 km2, and its population is 273,799 (202 ...
, Turkey to in 1:58 minutes. The previous world record was at . On 26 October 2021, she set a new world record in variable weight apnea without fins at sea (VNF) category at KaÅŸ, Antalya, Turkey with , which is valid for women and men.


World records

; DYN under ice * - February 11, 2011 in Lake Weissensee, Austria ;CWT * - November 10, 2011 in
Dahab Dahab (, , "gold") is a small town on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, approximately northeast of Sharm el-Sheikh. Dahab can be divided into three major parts. Masbat, which includes the Bedouin village of Asalah, in the nor ...
, Egypt ;VNF * - November 10, 2011 in
Dahab Dahab (, , "gold") is a small town on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, approximately northeast of Sharm el-Sheikh. Dahab can be divided into three major parts. Masbat, which includes the Bedouin village of Asalah, in the nor ...
, Egypt * - June 1, 2013 in
Lake Van Lake Van (; ; ) is the largest lake in Turkey. It lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in the provinces of Van Province, Van and Bitlis Province, Bitlis, in the Armenian highlands. It is a Salt lake, saline Soda lake, soda lake, receiv ...
, Turkey * - July 23, 2014 in KaÅŸ, Antalya, Turkey * - October 26, 2021 in KaÅŸ, Antalya, Turkey ;VWT * - October 22, 2016 in KaÅŸ, Antalya, Turkey ; Fresh water * - October 26, 2018 in Lake Salda, YeÅŸilova, Burdur, Turkey


References


External links


Official Website
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