Hatice Gokce Emir

Hatice Gökçe Emir
Emir at the 2024 Sofia World Cup
Personal information
Born (2008-05-24) 24 May 2008
Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented
 Turkey
(2022-)
ClubŞavkar İstanbul Sports club[1]
Head coach
Viktoriya Ozar-Sorvina[1]
ChoreographerValentina Ivanova
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Turkey
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
FIG World Challenge Cup 0 1 0
Total 0 1 0
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2026 TarantoAll-around

Hatice Gökçe Emir (born 24 May 2008) is a Turkish individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time (2022, 2023) Turkish National all-around champion in the Junior category.

Career

She began practicing rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 4.[1]

Junior

In 2021, she debuted in major competitions at the Irina Deleanu Cup in Bucharest in May. She placed 35th in the all-around.[2]

Emir was selected for the 2022 Junior European Championship in Tel Aviv, Israel, together with her teammates Defne Eylul Kilic and Deniz Oskay. She competed with hoop and ball. They took 16th place in the Team event.[3][4] In June, she competed at the 2022 COMEGYM Mediterranean Junior Championships in Mersin. She won gold medal in ball final.[1]

The following year, she won gold medal in all-around at Turkish National Championships.[5] In July, she competed at the Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca alongside the junior national group. They took 13th place in the Team competition. Her best result was with ribbon, where she ranked 15th in the qualification round.[6]

Senior

2024

In 2024, she started competing as a senior. In March, she competed at Gymnastik International and won silver medal in hoop final. She was 5th in ball and 6th in clubs final.[7] She competed at Sofia World Cup and ended on 39th place in All-around. She represented Turkey at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary and qualified to the All-around final, where she took 20th place behind Israeli Daria Atamanov.[8] She is the first Turkish rhythmic gymnast to reach the All-around final since Kamelya Tuncel in 2020.

2025

In 2025, on March 7–9, she competed at International Tournament Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul, Turkey and won gold medal in All-around, in front of Andreea Verdes and Nina Dragović.[9] She also won gold in Team competition with Deniz Oskay. On 4–6 April, she competed at 2025 World Cup Sofia and took 15th place in the all-around and did not advance into apparatus finals. On April 18–20, she competed at the Baku World Cup and finished on 12th place in all-around. She qualified to her first World Cup apparatus final (hoop) and took 6th place. In June, Hatice represented Turkey at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn. She took 13th place in all-around final.[10][11] In July, she competed at the Milan World Cup, where she took 23th place in the all-around and 5th place in hoop final.[12]

In August, she was selected to represent Turkey at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, her first World Championships. She qualified to hoop final, becoming the first Turkish rhythmic gymnast to do so.[13] She took 18th place in all-around qualifications, making history again, becoming the first Turkish rhythmic gymnast to qualify to individual all-around final at World Championships,[14] finishing on 14th place.[1]

2026

In 2026, she started the season competing at World Cup Sofia, where she finished on 23rd place in all-around.[15] Later, she competed at World Cup Tashkent and took 22nd place in all-around. She also qualified to ribbon final, finishing 5th.[16] On 17-19 April, she was 18th in the all-around at the Baku World Cup and did not qualify to any apparatus finals. She competed at European Cup in Baku. She was 8th in hoop and clubs finals. In Cross battle event she lost against Tara Dragas. On May 15-17, she competed at World Challenge Cup in Portimão, and took 14th place in all-around.[17] She won silver medal in hoop final behind Sofia Raffaeli, and became the first Turkish rhythmic gymnast to win a medal at World Cup event.[18][19] In the end of May she represented Turkey at the 2026 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. She was 23rd in all-around qualifications, and did not advance into all-around final.[20]

In August, she represented Turkey at the 2026 World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany. She took 35th place in all-around qualifications and did not advance into all-around final. On August 25-26, she competed at the 2026 Mediterranean Games in Taranto, Italy, and won historic gold medal in all-around final in front of Daniela Picó and Viola Sella.[21]

Achievements

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title
2026 Hoop
Ball Predator Instinct by Sarah Schachner
Clubs Tit For Tat by Power-Haus, Joni Fuller
Ribbon Breathe by The Stickmen Project
2025 Hoop The Duchess' Secret by Davis Withane
Ball The Joker (music from The Motion Picture) by Joaquin Phoenix
Clubs Tit For Tat by Power-Haus, Joni Fuller
Ribbon Cleopatra by Efendi
2024 Hoop The Duchess' Secret by Davis Withane
Ball Libertango by Layers Classic
Clubs Spirits by Chronis Taxidis
Ribbon Arno's Waltz by Joshua Kyan Aalampour
2023 Hoop Ode to Joy by Imagine Music
Ball Libertango by Layers Classic
Clubs unknown
Ribbon Irna / Valsapena from Cirque du Soleil discography by Alegría

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "HATİCE GÖKÇE EMİR İLE RİTMİK CİMNASTİK" [RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WITH HATİCE GÖKÇE EMİR] (in Turkish). 15 April 2026. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Results FIG Irina Deleanu Cup 2021 gfl.lv
  3. ↑ "European Gymnastics". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  4. ↑ "Team event European Championships 2022" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  5. ↑ "Hatice Gökçe Emir kimdir, nereli, kaçıncı oldu?" (in Turkish). 26 August 2026. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  6. ↑ FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships. Swiss Timing. 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  7. ↑ "Gymnastik International 2024 Sona Erdi" [Gymnastics International 2024 Ends]. Turkish Gymnastics Federation (in Turkish). Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  8. ↑ "2024 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Bosphorus Cup". Turkish Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  10. ↑ "ECh Tallinn 2025 Individual All-Around Final Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 2025-06-07.
  11. ↑ "Hatice Gökçe Emir, Avrupa Şampiyonası'nı 13. Sırada Tamamladı" [Hatice Gökçe Emir finished the European Championship on 13th place] (in Turkish). 2025-06-08. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  12. ↑ "World Cup Milan Results Book (Media)". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Milli ritmik cimnastikçi Hatice Gökçe Emir, Brezilya'da "ilke" imza attı" (in Turkish). 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Milli ritmik cimnastikçi Hatice Gökçe Emir'den Dünya Şampiyonası'nda bir ilk daha" [Another first from national rhythmic gymnast Hatice Gökçe Emir at the World Championships] (in Turkish). 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "FIG WORLD CUP 2026 SOFIA (BUL) Results Book". www.gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  16. ↑ "Tashkent World Cup Results". sportvokrug.ru. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
  17. ↑ "Rhythmic World Challenge Cup Portimão 2026". 17 May 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "Hatice Gökçe Emir'den tarihi madalya". Pusula. 18 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "Turkish gymnast wins historic silver at world cup". 26 May 2026. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "Hatice Gokce Emir (TUR) - 2026 Rhythmic Europeans interview after hoop & ball qualifications". 28 May 2026. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  21. ↑ "Hatice Gökçe Emir, Akdeniz Oyunları Şampiyonu!" [Hatice Gökçe Emir, Mediterranean Games Champion!] (in Turkish). 26 August 2026. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
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