Halime İslamoğlu (born Halime Cemre Beykurt; 10 September 1993) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays as goalkeeper for İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. GSK, and the Turkey national team.

Personal life

Halime Cemre Beykurt was born in

Urla, İzmir Urla (, Vourlá) is a town and the center of the district of the same name in İzmir Province, in Turkey. The district center is located in the middle of the isthmus of a small peninsula which protrudes northwards in the Gulf of İzmir, but its ...

, Turkey on 10 September 1993. She studied physical education at

Trakya University Trakya University ( tr, Trakya Üniversitesi), was established on July 20, 1982. The university is located in Edirne, at Turkey's European side (Eastern Thrace). Trakya University is a regional university with institutions and schools spread o ...

Edirne Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis (Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, ...

. She married to Dursun Ali İslamoğlu, the former assistant coach of the

Ardeşen GSK Ardeşen GSK ( tr, Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province playing in the Turkish Super League. Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall. Club chairman ...

, on 13 September 2020, and changed her family name to her spouse's surname. Beykurt started her handball playing career at the hometown club Urla GSK, and played in the youth Çi9 team. She is tall at . She plays in the goalkeeper position.

Üsküdar Bld. SK

Beykurt played with Üsküdar Bld. SK in the 2012–13 and 2013–14

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi) 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 Tu ...

seasons. She participated at the

2012–13 EHF Challenge Cup 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

, and EHF Cup Winners' Cup 2013/14.

Ardeşen GSK

She moved to

Rize Rize (Greek: ρίζα, Laz: რიზინი, Georgian: რიზე, , Ottoman Turkish: ريزه) is the capital city of Rize Province in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Rize is a typically Turkish provincial capital with ...

to join

. She played in the 2017–18 and 2018–19 Super League seasons. She took part at the

2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup The 2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup was the 21st edition of the European Handball Federation's third-tier competition for men's handball clubs, running from 7 October 2017 to 20 May 2018. Overview Team allocation Round and draw dates All d ...

İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. GSK

For the 2019–20 Super League season, she returned to her hometown

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban aggl ...

, and joined İzmir Büyükşehir BBld. GSK. After her first season, she left her club mid August 2020.

Kastamonu Bld. GSK

In August 2020, she transferred for the 2020–21 Super League season to Kastamonu Bld. GSK. She appeared also in the 2021–22 season. She participated at the

2020–21 EHF European League The 2020–21 EHF European League was the 1st edition of the EHF European League, replacing the EHF Cup as the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), which had been in existe ...

, and 2021–22 EHF Champions League group stage.

İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. GSK

İslamoğlu transferred to İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. GSK again for the 2022–23 season. She was named ''Best Goalkeeper'' and ''Golden Seven'' ( tr, Altın Yedi) member of the 2022–23 Super League season by the

Turkey Handball Federation Turkish Handball Federation ( tr, Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu) is the governing body of handball and beach handball sports in Turkey. It was formed on February 4, 1976. The headquarters is located in Çankaya district of Ankara. It is a member ...

. She played in the

2022–23 EHF European Cup The 2022–23 EHF European Cup was the 26th season of Europe's tertiary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 3rd season since it was renamed from the Challenge Cup to the EHF European Cup. Qualified t ...

International career

İslamoğlu is a member of 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 controlled by the Turkey Handball Federation. Achievements Mediterranean Games * 2001 : 5th place * 2005 : 5th place * 2009 : * 2013 : 6t ...

. Beykurt participated at the

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games ( es, Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games ( es, XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 Jun ...

held in

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tar ...

, Spain. In 2022, İslamoğlu won the gold medal at the

Islamic Solidarity Games The Islamic Solidarity Games ( ar, ألعاب التضامن الإسلامي) is a multinational, multi-sport event. The Games involve the elite athletes of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation who compete in a variety of sports. The Solidar ...

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 (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

, Turkey.

Honours

Individual

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: ''Best Goalkeeper'' (1): 2022–23 (İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. GSK) : ''Golden Seven'' member (1): 2022–223 (İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. GSK)

Club

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:; Üsküdar Bld. SK :: ''Runner-up'' )1): 2012–13. :; Ardeşen GSK :: ''Third place'' (1): 2018–19. :; Kastamonu Bld. GSK :: ''Champions'' (2): 2020–21, 2021–22. ;

Women's EHF European Cup The Women's EHF European Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999–2000 season and the EHF Challenge Cup until the 2019–20 season. It is currently the third-tier com ...

:; Üsküdar Bld. GSK :: ''Third place'' (1): 2012–13. :; Ardeşen GSK :: ''Third place'' (1): 2017–18.

International

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:: ''Champion'' (1):

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References

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