Rümeysa Pelin Kaya (born 6 August 2000) is a Turkish

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competing in trap event.

Sport career

Kaya obtained her license in 2014. She is a member of Kahramanmaraş Gençlik S.K. She competed at various domestic competitions. In the Mixed team trap event of the

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, she shared the gold medal with Murat İlbilgi in

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, Cyprus and the bronze medal with Tolga Tunçer in

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, Azerbaijan. She took the bronze medal in the Mixed team event of the 2022 Grand Prix in

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, Turkey. She took part at the

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, Algeria without any success. Although she became a victim of the 2023 Turkey earthquake, which devastated her hometown on 6 February, she took part at the

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, Qatar in 4–13 March. She and her teammate Tolga Tunçer placed fourth in the Mixed team event. She won the silver medal in the Team trap event at the

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held in

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, Poland, along with teammates Dilara Bedia Kızılsu and Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir.

Personal life

Born on 6 August 2000, Rümeysa Pelin Kaya is a native of

Kahramanmaraş Kahramanmaraş (), historically Marash (; ) and Germanicea (), is a city in the Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean region of Turkey and the administrative centre of Kahramanmaraş Province, Kahramanmaraş province. After 1973, Maraş was ...

, Turkey. She studied at the Faculty of Sport Science of

Kahramanmaraş Sütçüimam University Kahramanmaraş (), historically Marash (; ) and Germanicea (), is a city in the Mediterranean region of Turkey and the administrative centre of Kahramanmaraş province. After 1973, Maraş was officially named Kahramanmaraş with the prefix ''kahr ...

graduating in 2022.

References

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Rumeysa Pelin Kaya
at the

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* * 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Kahramanmaraş Kahramanmaraş Sütçüimam University alumni Turkish female sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games European Games silver medalists for Turkey European Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2023 European Games Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Turkey {{Turkey-sportshooting-bio-stub