Şeref Osmanoğlu

{{short description|Turkish and former Ukrainian athlete (born 1989)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Şeref Osmanoğlu

| image = Sheryf El-Sheryf Daegu 2011.jpg

| caption = Sheryf El-Sheryf during the 2011 World Championships

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|58|kg|0|abbr=on}}

| country = Ukraine (until May 2013)
Turkey (since May 2013)

| event = Triple jump, Long jump

| pb = 17.72 m

| medaltemplates =

}}

Şeref Osmanoğlu (born Sheryf El-Sheryf; 2 January 1989 in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Turkish and former Ukrainian (until May 2013) athlete who competes in the triple jump and occasionally long jump.

Career

He won gold medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships with a leap of 17.72m, bettering his personal best by 80 cm.{{cite web | url=http://www.european-athletics.org/8th-european-athletics-u23-championships.html | title=Sheryf El-Sheryf astonishes in triple jump with 17.72 gold-medal performance | publisher=European Athletics | accessdate=June 30, 2012}} In 2012, he won the silver medal in the triple jump at the European Athletics Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/trackandfield/story/_/id/8116871/2012-olympics-robert-harting-adds-gold-euros-world-discus-titles|title=Robert Harting adds Euro gold|publisher=Associated Press|date=June 30, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2012}}

He has a Ukrainian mother while his father, a doctor, is from Sudan.{{cite web|url=http://www.athlenergy.com/EN/athlenergy-79/breve.html?Guid=110721165910.w0j9gkch|title=Athletics: Idowu in the dark as El-Sheryf looms|publisher=athlenergy.com|accessdate=July 2, 2012}}{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.sport-express.ua/athletics/articles/3766-legkaja-atletika-veskoe-slovo-sherifa.html Легкая атлетика. Веское слово Шерифа ], Sport Express (19 July 2011){{in lang|ru}} [http://www.sport-express.ua/athletics/news/81027-legkaja-atletika-sherif-el-sherif-perelomnym-v-karere-stal-pereezd-v-dnepropetrovsk.html Легкая атлетика. Шериф Эль-Шериф: "Переломным в карьере стал переезд в Днепропетровск"], Sport Express (21 July 2011) He changed his allegiance to Turkey in 2013, also changing his name to Şeref Osmanoğlu.[http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=680972ee-2f48-4952-8c8b-c9a681d1d070.pdf&urlslug=Transfer%20of%20Allegiance%20-%202014%20-%20as%20officially%20announced%20in%20the%20IAAF%20Newsletter IAAF Transfers of Allegiance 2014] The Turkish federation paid $152,000 to the Ukrainian federation for the transfer.[http://sport.segodnya.ua/others/glava-federacii-legkoy-atletiki-na-bazy-v-krym-ehat-unizitelno-550346.html Глава Федерации легкой атлетики: "На базы в Крым ехать унизительно"]

Competition record

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{UKR}}
2005 \|World Youth Championships \|Marrakech, Morocco \|5th \|Triple jump \|16.18 m
2006 \|World Junior Championships \|Beijing, China \|5th \|Triple jump \|16.09 m (-0.2 m/s)
2007 \|European Junior Championships \|Kaunas, Lithuania \|7th \|Triple jump \|15.93 m
rowspan=2\|2008 \|rowspan=2\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Bydgoszcz, Poland \|25th (q) \|Long jump \|6.94 m (-0.4 m/s)
9th \|Triple jump \|15.43 m (-1.3 m/s)
rowspan=3\|2011 \|European Team Championships Super League \|Stockholm, Sweden \|9th \|Long jump \|7.68 m
European U23 Championships \|Ostrava, Czech Republic \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|Triple jump \|17.72 m (+1.3 m/s)
World Championships \|Daegu, South Korea \|12th \|Triple jump \|16.38 m
rowspan=3\|2012 \|World Indoor Championships \|Istanbul, Turkey \|12th (q) \|Triple jump \|16.25 m
European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|Triple jump \|17.28 m (w)
Olympic Games \|London, United Kingdom \|13th (q) \|Triple jump \|16.60 m
colspan="6"\|Representing {{TUR}}
rowspan=2\|2016 \|European Championships \|Amsterdam, Netherlands \|6th \|Triple jump \|16.55 m
Olympic Games \|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \| – \|Triple jump \|NM

colspan="6"|Representing {{UKR}}

2005

|World Youth Championships

|Marrakech, Morocco

|5th

|Triple jump

|16.18 m

2006

|World Junior Championships

|Beijing, China

|5th

|Triple jump