Aysel Taş (born 21 October 1964), née Aysel Shevkedova (), is a female

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er from

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with Turkish ethnicity, who competed for

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after her emigration. At the 1983

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held in

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, she achieved the 5th rank for her native country with 55.30 m (old javelin weight). She participated representing

at the

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held in

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, USA without advancing to the finals. Aysel Taş is the current national record holder with 56.86 m set on 20 May 2000 in

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, Turkey. After retiring from active sports, she coaches her son Şevket Taş (born 28 February 1986), who is also a national javelin thrower and record holder in the U23 category.

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* 1964 births Living people Bulgarian female javelin throwers Bulgarian Turks in Turkey Bulgarian emigrants to Turkey Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkish female javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub