Çiğdem Özyaman
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
1985 (age 30–31) Düzce, Turkey | |||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Selçuk University | |||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Teacher of physical education | |||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2001-present | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shotgun shooting | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Skeet | |||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Diego Gasperini | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Çiğdem Özyaman (born 1985 in Düzce, Turkey) is a Turkish sport shooter competing in the skeet event. The 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall athlete at 58 kg (128 lb) is right-handed.[1]
She began sport shooting at the age of 14 with her father's encouragement. She serves as a teacher of physical education in a primary school at Bolu after her graduation from Selçuk University.[2]
Çiğdem Özyaman qualified to participate in the skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics with her gold medal achieved at the 2011 European Shooting Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4] She was one of the first two Turkish female Olympic sport shooters; the other being Nihan Kantarcı, who was selected to compete in the trap event.[5]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing  Turkey | ||||
| 2004 | European Championships | Nicosia, Cyprus | 3rd | J |
| 2005 | ISSF World Championships | Lonato, Italy | 8th | J |
| European Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 6th | J | |
| 2007 | European Championships | Granada, Spain | 8th | |
| 2011 | ISSF World Cup 2 | Beijing, China | 7th | |
| European Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | [3] | |
References
- ↑ "Portrait of the Shooter-Ozyaman Cigdem". ISSF. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
- ↑ "Selçuk mezunu ÇiğdemAvrupa Şampiyonu Oldu". Konya Yeni Gün (in Turkish). 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
- 1 2 "Campionato Europeo Delle Discipline Olimpiche Trap-Skeet-Double Trap Belgrado (Serbia) 31 luglio-14 agosto 2011" (in Italian). Iltiro. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
- ↑ "Sırbistan'daki Atıcılık Şampiyonası'nda yarışan sporcumuz Çiğdem Özyaman Avrupa şampiyonu oldu". İnternet Haber (in Turkish). 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
- ↑ "Çiğdem Özyaman ve Nihan Kantarcı'dan bir ilk". 365 Spor (in Turkish). 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
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