Yağmur Bembeyaz (born 25 June 1999) is a Turkish female handballer in the

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

position. She is a member of the

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-based club

Konyaaltı BSK Konyaaltı is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 546 km2, and its population is 204,795 (2022). The name "Konyaaltı" (pronounced ), originates from the expression of "koy altı", which ...

playing in the Handball Super League.

Personal life

Born on 25 June 1999, Yağmur Bembeyaz is a native of

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

, Turkey.

Sport career

Bembeyaz plays in the

position. She is tall at . She played for Yenimahalle Bld. SK in her hometown from 2018 until 2020. For Yenimahalle Bld. SK, she took part in the Women's EHF Challenge Cup in 2018–19, and 2019–20 tournaments. For the 2021–22 season, she transferred to EGO Spor in

. The next season, she moved to Konyaaltı Bld. SK in

, which plays in the Handball Super League. Her team won the

2022–23 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 co ...

. In April 2022, Bembeyaz was called up to the preparation camp of the

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for the

2022 European Women's Handball Championship qualification This article describes the qualification for the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship and inaugural Women's EHF Euro Cup. Qualification system 32 teams registered for participation and competed for twelve places at the final tournament in t ...

References

1999 births Living people Handball players from Ankara Turkish female handball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen category:Yenimahalle Bld. SK (women's handball) players Konyaaltı Bld. SK (women's handball) players {{Turkey-handball-bio-stub