Elif Sıla Aydın (born April 11, 1996) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays in the

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League () is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Turkish champions. Established in the 1978– ...

for Konyaaltı Belediyesi SK, and the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the left wing position.

Personale life

Elif Sıla Aydın was born in

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 ( ...

, Turkey on April 11, 1996. After finishing high school, she took part in prep courses at Ankara Performance Sport Academy. In 2014, she qualified to study physical education and sports at the

Gazi University Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...

after completing the courses.

Club career

Elif Sıla Aydın plays for her hometown team Yenimahalle Bld. SK. She took part in the

2014–15 Women's EHF Cup The 2014–15 Women's EHF Cup was 34th edition of European Handball Federation, EHF's third-tier women's handball competition. It started on 17 October 2014. Overview Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified f ...

2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup The 2015–16 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup was the 40th edition of the tournament that is organized by the European Handball Federation for the domestic cup winners in the continent. Round and draw dates All draws held at the European Handball ...

and

2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League The 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League was the 23rd edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation. CSM București won trophy in their ...

matches. She won the league champion title at the end of the 2014–15 season, and won the 2015 Turkish Cup with her team.

International career

Aydın was called up to the

Turkey women's national handball team The Turkey women's national handball team is the national handball team of Turkey for women and is managed by the Turkey Handball Federation. The team achieved second place in Mediterranean Games in 2009 and championship in Islamic Solidari ...

in October 2015. She played at the

2016 European Women's Handball Championship qualification This article describes the qualification for the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship. Qualification system The draw was held in Vienna, Austria on 24 March 2015 at 11:30 local time. Sweden as host nation was directly qualified. 32 teams ha ...

, and

2021 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification The European qualification for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship, in Spain, was played over two rounds. In the first round of qualification, 17 teams who were not participating at the 2020 European Championship were split into two grou ...

matches. In 2022, she played in the national team, which became champion at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in

Konya Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...

, Turkey.

Honours

Club

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: * Winner (1): 2014–15. ;Turkish Women's Handball Cup * Winner (1): 2015.

International

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Islamic Solidarity Games The Islamic Solidarity Games () is a multinational, multi-sport event. Managed jointly by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Islamic Solidarity Sports Association (ISSA), the Games involve elite athletes of the OIC competing in a ...

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References

1996 births Living people Handball players from Ankara Turkish female handball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkey women's national handball players Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey Handball players at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in handball Yenimahalle Bld. SK (women's handball) players Konyaaltı Bld. SK (women's handball) players Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games {{Turkey-handball-bio-stub