Suat Fetgeri Aşeni (22 September 1916 – 22 April 1970) was a Turkish fencer. She competed in the women's individual

foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ma ...

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1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. She and her colleague Halet Çambel were the first Turkish sportswomen to participate at the Olympics. Her father, Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni, was one of the founding members of

Beşiktaş JK Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

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* 1916 births 1970 deaths Turkish female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Turkey Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Turkish sportswomen Place of birth missing Beşiktaş J.K. sportspeople {{Turkey-fencing-bio-stub