Ulaş Berkim Tümer (born 30 April 2002) is a Turkish

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competing in recurve events. He won a bronze medal at the

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as part of the Turkish men's team.

Early life

From

Gelibolu Gelibolu is a town in Çanakkale Province of the Marmara Region, located in Eastern Thrace in the European part of Turkey. It is located on the southern shore of the Gallipoli, peninsula named after it on the Dardanelles strait, away from Lapsek ...

, he started archery at the age of nine years-old. He went on to become the Turkish champion in the junior category.

Career

In 2017, Tümer made his debut for the national team and joined the A team in 2020. He was a silver medalist at the

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in the Men's team recurve event in

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. That year, they won the European Grand Prix as a team in

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, Croatia, defeating Switzerland 5-3 in the final. He was selected to represent Turkey at the

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. In the men's team event he won a bronze medal on 29 July 2024, alongside

Mete Gazoz Mete Gazoz (born 8 June 1999 in Istanbul) is a Turkish recurve archer. He won the gold medal in the men's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also represented Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de ...

and Muhammet Abdullah Yıldırmış. They were coached by Yusuf Göktuğ Ergin. In the singles competition at the games, he lost in the round of 16 against his American opponent

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. Alongside Gazoz and Berkay Akkoyun, he was also a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Archery Championships in

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, coming back from 4-0 down to win 5-4 in the bronze medal match against the Netherlands. He finished in third place at the Turkish 2025 Indoor Federation Cup held in January 2025. He also won in the team competition at the event to consolidate his place on the national team. At the 2025 European Indoor Archery Championships, the men's recurve team consisting of Mete Gazoz, Berkim Tümer and Abdullah Yıldırmış won the silver medal, losing 5-4 to Italy in the final match. At the 2025 Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, Turkish archer Ulaş Berkim Tümer won the bronze medal in the men's individual recurve event by defeating China's Hao Feng 6–4 in the bronze medal match. In addition, the Turkish men's recurve team—composed of Tümer, Berkay Akkoyun, and Abdullah Yıldırmış claimed the bronze medal in the team event by beating Chinese Taipei 6–0 in the third-place match.

References

External links

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Berkim Tumer
at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tumer, Berkim Living people 2002 births People from Gelibolu Turkish male archers Olympic archers for Turkey Archers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey Olympic medalists in archery Akdeniz University alumni Medalists at the 2025 Summer Universiade FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Turkey Summer World University Games medalists in archery 21st-century Turkish sportsmen