Ağrı
Ağrı (; ) is a city in eastern Turkey, near the border with Iran. It is the seat of Ağrı Province and Ağrı District.
, Turkey), aka Türkan Bozkurt, Türkan Bozkurt Erişmiş or Türkan Özata-Erişmiş, is a Turkish female
middle distance runner
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competing mostly in the
3000 m steeplechase
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and
cross country running
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events. The tall athlete at graduated from
NiÄŸde University
NiÄŸde (; ; Hittite: Nahita, Naxita) is a city and is located in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of NiÄŸde Province and NiÄŸde District.
In 1996, at the age of twelve, she moved to
Ankara
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leaving her parents in
Ağrı
Ağrı (; ) is a city in eastern Turkey, near the border with Iran. It is the seat of Ağrı Province and Ağrı District.
. She was discovered and recommended to coach Ali Çelik in Ankara by a former athlete Sermet Timurlenk in her hometown. She was a member of Kasımpaşaspor in Istanbul before she transferred to
Üsküdar Belediyespor
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Üsküdar Belediyespor's main activities are in athletics, women's handball and combat sports as boxing, handb ...
. Currently, she is running for
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ J.K. Athletics Team
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.
She won the bronze medal in the 5.975 km event of U23 category at the
2006 European Cross Country Championships
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held in
San Giorgio su Legnano
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,
Italy
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.
EriÅŸmiÅŸ earned a bronze medal in 3000 m steeplechase at the
2005 Summer Universiade
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held in
Ä°zmir
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, Turkey setting the national record. She repeated her same success at the
2007 Summer Universiade
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held in
Bangkok
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,
Thailand
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setting the national record again. She repeated her bronze medal gain at the
2009 Summer Universiade
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held in
Belgrade
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,
Serbia
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She participated in the 3000 m steeplechase event at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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without advancing to the final.
On 13 June 2009 Türkan Erişmiş set the national record in 3000 m steeplechase with 9:28.84 that lasted until 9 June 2012, to be broken by
Gülcan Mıngır
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in
Sofia
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,
Bulgaria
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with 9:13.53.
Personal life
Türkan Erişmiş is married to Fahrettin Özata, a national wrestler. On 12 March 2010 she gave birth to a son, named Mustad.