Begünhan Elif Ünsal
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January 4, 1993 Isparta, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Recurve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Begünhan Elif Ünsal (born January 4, 1993) is a Turkish female archer.
Private life
Begünhan Elif Ünsal was born in Isparta, Turkey on January 4, 1993.[1][2] After finishing the private high school Altınbaşak College,[3] she studied Sports Science at the Faculty of Health Science in Süleyman Demirel University in her hometown.[4]
Sports career
Ünsal began her archery career at age ten,[5] inspired by her archer older sister and encouraged by her father.[6] She is trained by her father Yalçın Ünsal.[5]
She participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. She was eliminated in the second round in the individual event by the eventual silver medallist Tan Ya-Ting.[7] She paired up with Abdul Dayyan bin Mohamed Jaffar of Singapore to win bronze in the mixed team event.[8]
She won the silver medal in the youth category and the bronze medal in the senior category at the 2010 Archery European Indoor Championships held in Poreč, Croatia.[3][5] At the 2010 European Archery Championships held in Rovereto, Italy, Ünsal became bronze medalist.[9] She owns a gold medal won in the team event of the 2010 European Junior Cu, which took place in Reggio Calabria, Italy.[2][6]
References
- ↑ "Begünhan Ünsal" (in Turkish). On Ok. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- 1 2 "European Junior Cup-Medal Standings" (PDF). European and Mediterranean Atchery Union. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- 1 2 Er, arık (2010-10-08). "Okçulukda dünya dereceleri elde eden milli sporcu Elif Ünlü, gözünü olimpiyatlara dikti". Cihan News Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- ↑ "SDÜ Okçularının Başarısı". Isparta (in Turkish). 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- 1 2 3 "Okçulukta Avrupa ikincisi olan Begünhan'ın hedefi dünya birinciliği". Cihan News Agency (in Turkish). 2010-03-26. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- 1 2 "Okçulukta Begünhan 'Ünsal'dı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- ↑ Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (20 August 2010). "Archery Junior Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations" (pdf). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ↑ Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (19 August 2010). "Archery Mixed Team Bronze Medal Match" (pdf). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ↑ "Begünhan'dan Çifte Madalya". Federasyonlar (in Turkish). 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2016-02-10.