Hafize Şahin

Hafize Şahin
Personal information
Born (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992
Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWrestling
Event
Women's freestyle
ClubEdirne Trakya Birlik SK
Coached byHabil Kara
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's freestyle wrestling
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 Vantaa60 kg
Bronze medal – third place2013 Tbilisi59 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2017 Baku63 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 Mersin59 kg
World University Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 Turin55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Kuortane59 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Gold medal – first place2012 Ankara59 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Istanbul63 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Istanbul63 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 Wałbrzych60 kg
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2012 Pattaya59 kg
European Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 Samokov55 kg
Silver medal – second place2012 Zagreb59 kg

Hafize Şahin (born 1 January 1992) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, the silver medal in the women's 60 kg event at the 2014 European Wrestling Championships, and the bronze medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships. She represented Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and finished seventh in the women's freestyle 63 kg event.[1][2]

Career

Şahin was born in Manavgat, Antalya, and began wrestling in 2004 in Antalya. She later joined Trakya Birlik SK in Edirne, where she worked with coach Habil Kara.[1][3]

At junior level, she won silver medals at the 2010 European Juniors Wrestling Championships in Samokov and the 2012 European Juniors Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, and took the silver medal at the 2012 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Pattaya. She also won bronze medals at the 2010 World University Wrestling Championships in Turin and the 2012 World University Wrestling Championships in Kuortane.[2]

Her senior breakthrough came in 2013. She won the bronze medal at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships in Tbilisi and later won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg division at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin.[4]

In 2014, Şahin won the silver medal at the 2014 European Wrestling Championships in Vantaa. She became the first Turkish woman to reach a European Championship final in wrestling and the first to win a silver medal at the tournament.[5][6]

Şahin competed for Turkey at the 2015 European Games and at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified for Rio by winning the 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 and finished seventh in the Olympic women's freestyle 63 kg event.[2][1]

In 2017, she won the silver medal in the women's 63 kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku and placed fifth at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris.[7][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hafize Şahin". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "SAHIN Hafize". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "ADI SOYADI HAFİZE ŞAHİN". Güreşiyorum (in Turkish). 28 July 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Trakya Birlik Güreşçisinin Başarısı". Haberler.com (in Turkish). 25 June 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Bayanlar güreşte gümüş madalya". Anadolu Ajansı (in Turkish). 2 April 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Öğrencimiz Hafize Şahin'in Avrupa'da madalya gururu". Trakya University (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nın 9. gününde 8 madalya". Anadolu Ajansı (in Turkish). 21 May 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
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