Göksu Üçtaş
| Göksu Üçtaş | |||||||||||||
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| — Gymnast — | |||||||||||||
| Country represented | Turkey | ||||||||||||
| Born |
August 30, 1990 Şahinbey, Gaziantep, Turkey | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Mergül Güler | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Göksu Üçtaş (pronounced [ˈɟøcsu ˈyt͡ʃtaʃ]; born August 30, 1990 in Şahinbey, Gaziantep Province, Turkey) is a Turkish female artistic gymnast. She is coached by Mergül Güler.[1] She graduated 2011 as a teacher of physical education and sports from the Abant Izzet Baysal University in Bolu Province.[2]
Göksu Üçtas was meant to perform at the 2008 summer Olympic Games but failed to do so due to a severe neck injury which could have stopped her gymnastics career. She won the silver medal in the vault event at the 2009 Mediterranean Games held in Pescara, Italy.[3] In 2010, Üçtaş won the bronze medal in the floor exercise event at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup A held in Doha, Qatar.[4] At the World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics-Grand Prix Ostrava 2010 in the Czech Republic, she won gold medal in the floor exercise, silver medal in the balance beam and silver medal in the vault event.[5]
She qualified to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics as the first ever Olympic gymnast from Turkey.[1] Due to an injury suffered during a training prior to the Olympics,[6] she could compete in the balance beam event only. With 11.333 points, with a d-score of 3.3 and an e-score of 8.033, Üçtaş ranked 77th, and did not advance to the final.[7]
In January 2013, she announced her retirement from active sports due to her long-lasting injury on her left elbow. She told she is going to return to her hometown Gaziantep, where she plans to open a gymnastics school.[8] In August 14, 2013, she married to gymnast Özgün Şanlı in İzmir.[9]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Turkey | |||||
| 2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 2nd | Vault | |
| 2010 | FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup A | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | Floor | |
| World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics-Grand Prix Ostrava | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 1st | Floor | ||
| 2nd | Beam | ||||
| 2nd | Vault | ||||
| 2012 | Summer Olympics | London, United Kingdom | 77th | Beam | 11.333 |
References
- 1 2 "Göksu Üçtaş'tan tarihi başarı". NTV Sport (in Turkish). 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
- ↑ "Mezunumuz 2012 Londra Olimpiyatları'na katılmaya hak kazandı" (in Turkish). Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi. 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ↑ "France faces tough competition - Jul 3rd, 2009". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
- ↑ "Out and out success! - Mar 24th, 2010". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
- ↑ "World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics-Grand Prix Ostrava 2010" (PDF). VTS. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
- ↑ Yılmazdemir, Koray (2012-06-29). "Alçılı koluyla olimpiyatlara hazırlanıyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-08-29.
- ↑ "Cimnastikte Göksu Üçtaş elendi". Haber 7 (in Turkish). 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- ↑ "Göksu Üçtaş cimnastiğe veda etti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
- ↑ "Şampiyonları buluşturan düğün". Gazete Ekspres (in Turkish). 2013-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-29.