Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir, née Safiye Sarıtürk (born 12 October 1995), is a Turkish

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competing in the trap event. She married Enes Temizdemir on 7 November 2021. In addition to her sports career, she also works as a physical education teacher.

Sports career

Sarıtürk Temizdemir obtained her license in 2010 and is a member of Kahramanmaraş Gençlik S.K. She has competed in various domestic competitions. She is coached by Ali Emre Guray. Her height is 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in), and she weighs 52 kg (115 lb). She won the silver medal in the Junior category at the 2011 World Shotgun Championships in

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, Serbia. In 2013, she earned a bronze medal in the team trap event at the

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, Germany. She claimed another bronze in the mixed team trap event at the

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, Austria. She also competed at the

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, Spain, and at the

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, Belarus. She secured bronze medals in the mixed team trap events at both the 2020 ISSF World Cup in

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, Cyprus, and the

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, India. In the

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, Turkey, she won a silver medal. She participated in the

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, Algeria, and took the gold medal in the mixed team event, as well as a silver medal in the individual trap event at the 2022 Grand Prix in

, Turkey. She also won the silver medal in the mixed team trap event at the

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, Cyprus. Despite being affected by the 2023 Turkey earthquake, which also devastated her hometown on 6 February, she competed at the

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, Qatar, from 4 to 13 March. At the first stage of the

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, Morocco, she won the silver medal in the individual trap event. She also secured a silver medal in the team trap event at the

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, Poland, alongside teammates Dilara Bedia Kızılsu and

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

. She shares the current world record in the mixed team trap event with the United States and Australia teams, scoring 149 out of 150 points in

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, Mexico.

Personal life

Born on 12 October 1995, Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir, née Safiye Sarıtürk, 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 Physical Education School 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 ...

and works as a physical education teacher.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sariturk Temizdemir, Safiye 1995 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 2018 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games European Games silver medalists for Turkey European Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2019 European Games Shooters at the 2023 European Games Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games