Halime Zülal Zeren (born April 15, 1995) is a Turkish female swimmer competing in
freestyle
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and
backstroke
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events. She is tall at .
Zeren holds
national records in various disciplines and age categories.
She swimms for
Fenerbahçe Swimming.
Currently, Zeren is a student at
Ohio State University
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, having previously swam at Işık High School in
Istanbul
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.
At the
2013 Mediterranean Games
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in
Mersin
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, Turkey, Zeren won two bronze medals and set three national records.
She was very successful at the
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
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held in
Palembang
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,
Indonesia
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by taking a total of six medals, five of them in gold.
Achievements
See also
*
Turkish women in sports
Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have several important trophies, especially in athletics, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball.
Participation in Olympics Pioneers
The first Turk ...
References
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
Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey
21st-century Turkish women
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