Emre Şimşek (born June 14, 1987) is an Olympian Turkish skier competing in the alpine disciplines. The tall athlete is coached by his father İsmail Şimşek.
Early life
Emre Şimşek was born in
Bayburt
Bayburt () is a city in northeast Turkey lying on the Çoruh River. It is the seat of Bayburt Province and Bayburt District. After finishing the high school at his hometown in 2005, he studied physical education and sports in the Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education at
Atatürk University
Atatürk University () is a public land-grant research university established in 1957 in Erzurum, Turkey, in collaboration with the University of Nebraska. The university comprises 23 faculties, 18 colleges, 8 institutes, and 30 research cente ...
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Erzurum
Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. It is the site of an ...
. He graduated with a
Bachelor's degree
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in 2009. Şimşek obtained a
Master's degree
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in sports medicine in 2012. Currently, he is a lecturer at Sports College of
Erciyes University
Erciyes University (), commonly referred to as ERU, is a public research university located in Kayseri, Turkey. Established in 1978, the university has become a center for education, research, and innovation, contributing to academic and scientifi ...
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Kayseri
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.
Career
Şimşek has nine Turkish champion titles in different age categories of slalom and giant slalom disciplines, and twice in grass skiing. He is holder of more than 50 medals. In the national team, Şimşek represented his country 122 times at international competitions. His major international participations include FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2007 Åre, Sweden and 2011 Garmisch, Germany, Winter Universiades in 2007 Turin, Italy, 2009 Harbin, China and 2011 Erzurum, Turkey as well as diverse FIS competitions between 2005 and 2013.
His best FIS point is 17.74, and best FIS average time is 26.61.
As one of the only six-athlete team Turkey, Şimşek takes part at the
2014 Winter Olympics
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Sochi
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competing in the slalom and giant slalom events.
He is also a certified coach for alpine skiing.