Neslihan Yiğit

Neslihan Yiğit
Neslihan Yiğit
Personal information
Country	Turkey
Born	February 26, 1994 Bursa, Turkey
Height	178 cm (5.84 ft)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Çağatay Taşdemir
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	35 (WS) September 13, 2012 39 (WD) January 15, 2015
Current ranking	65 (WS) 39 (WD)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Turkey European Games 2015 Baku Doubles Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 Palembang Singles 2013 Palembang Teams Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Singles 2013 Mersin Doubles European Junior Championships 2013 Ankara Singles
BWF profile

Neslihan Yiğit (born February 26, 1994) is a Turkish badminton player. The 178 cm (5.84 ft) tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.^[1][2]

Neslihan Yiğit became silver medalist in singles (WS) and doubles (WD) at the U17 European Team Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to bronze medal in WS, gold medal in WD and silver in mixed doubles (XD).^[1]

She competed at various international tournaments in singles and doubles with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011-2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to the 37th place in the world ranking list as of April 19, 2012. In the doubles event, she ranks 41st in the world list together with Özge Bayrak. Neslihan ranks 7th in the World Juniors list.^[3]

She qualified as the first ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics.^[4]

She won the gold medal in the singles event and the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.^[5]

Achievements

Women's singles

Rank	Event	Host	Date
Bronze	Kenya International Series	Kenya	June 23–26, 2011
Silver	Bulgarian International	Bulgaria	October 6–09, 2011
Gold	V Suriname International	Suriname	2011
Bronze	South African International	South Africa	December 1–04, 2011
Bronze	Uganda International Badminton Championships	Uganda	February 2–05, 2012
Gold	Iran Fajr International Challenge	Iran	February 16–19, 2012
Bronze	Austrian International Challenge	Austria	February 22–25, 2012
Silver	Croatian International	Croatia	March 8–11, 2012
Silver	36th Yonex Polish International	Poland	March 22–25, 2012
Bronze	XVII Peru International	Peru	April 11–15, 2012
Bronze	2013 European Junior Championships	Turkey	March 22-31, 2013
Gold	XVII Mediterranean Games	Turkey	June 25-30, 2013
Gold	3rd Islamic Solidarity Games	Indonesia	Sep 22-Oct 1, 2013
Gold	2014 Turkey International	Turkey	Dec 28-21, 2014

Women's doubles

Rank	Event	Host	Date
Gold	Kenya International Series	Kenya	June 23–26, 2011
Silver	Victor Slovak Open	Slovakia	August 31-September 3, 2011
Bronze	Bulgarian International	Bulgaria	October 6–09, 2011
Gold	V Suriname International	Suriname	2011
Gold	South African International	South Africa	December 1–04, 2011
Silver	Uganda International Badminton Championships	Uganda	February 2–05, 2012
Bronze	Iran Fajr International Challenge	Iran	February 16–19, 2012
Gold	XVII Mediterranean Games	Turkey	June 25-30, 2013
Bronze	3rd Islamic Solidarity Games	Indonesia	Sep 22-Oct 1, 2013
Gold	Hellas International Series	Greece	May 15-18, 2014[6]
Bronze	2015 European Games	Azerbaijan	June 26, 2015

See also

• Turkish women in sports

References

1. "BEC 2011 European Junior Championships 15-24.4.2011 Vantaa, Finland - Media". Badminton Finland. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
2. "Badminton Branşındaki Sporcularımız" (in Turkish). Egospor. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
3. "Player profiles-Neslihan Yigit". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
4. "Milli badmintoncu Neslihan Yiğit, Londra Olimpiyat Oyunları vizesini aldı". Zaman (in Turkish). 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
5. "Badminton-Results". The 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
6. "Özge Bayrak-Neslihan Yiğit şampiyon oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2015-01-18.