Halime Zülal Zeren (born April 15, 1995) is a Turkish female swimmer competing in freestyle and

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events. She is tall at . Zeren holds national records in various disciplines and age categories. She swims for Fenerbahçe Swimming. Currently, Zeren is a student at

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, having previously swam at Işık High School in

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. At the

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, Turkey, Zeren won two bronze medals and set three national records. She was very successful at the

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held in

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by taking a total of six medals, five of them in gold.

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1995 births Place of birth missing (living people) Turkish female swimmers Turkish female freestyle swimmers Turkish female backstroke swimmers Fenerbahçe swimmers Living people Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Swimmers at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Turkey {{Turkey-swimming-bio-stub

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