Evin Demir
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Short description|Turkish racewalker}}
{{Distinguish|Evin Demirhan}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Evin Demir
| image = Evin Demir (race walker) (cropped).JPG
| caption = Demir in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|02|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sancaktepe, Istanbul, Turkey
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| sport = Race walk
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| club = Enka SK
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{TUR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|European U20 Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Borås|10,000 m race walk}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Race Walking Cup}}
{{MedalSilver| 2019 Alytus|10 km race walk (U20)}}
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Evin Demir (born 16 February 2001) is a Turkish race walker specialising in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events. She is a native of Sancaktepe in Istanbul. She was a member of Sancaktepe Spo, before she was transferred by Enka SK.
Sports career
In 2018, Demir competed in the 5,000 m race walk event of the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, Hungary placing fourth. she took part at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She placed sixth in the 5,000 m race walk event.
At the 2019 Balkan Race Walking Championships in Alexandroupoli, Greece, Demir captured the gold medal in the 10 km race walk event's U20 category. She won the silver medal in the 10 km event's U20 category of the 2019 European Race Walking Cup held in Alytus, Lithuania, behind her countrywoman Meryem Bekmez. In 2019, she became silver medalist in the 10,000 m event at the European U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden, again behind Bekmez.
Competition record
| {{AchievementTable|Time=yes|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{TUR}} |
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| rowspan=2 |2018
|4th |5,000 m race walk |24:27.19 |
| Summer Youth Olympics
|6th |5,000 m race walk |23:25.54 |
| rowspan=3 |2019
|Balkan Race Walking Championships |bgcolor=gold|1st |10 km race walk (U20) |45:54 |
| European Race Walking Cup
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |10 km race walk (U20) |46:49 |
| European U20 Championships
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |10,000 m race walk |46:38.68 |
References
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{{cite news |url=https://www.birgun.net/haber-detay/meryem-bekmezden-altin-madalya.html |newspaper=BirGün |title=Meryem Bekmez’den altın madalya |date=21 July 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=22 July 2019 |archive-date=22 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722134950/https://www.birgun.net/haber-detay/meryem-bekmezden-altin-madalya.html |url-status=dead }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/sports/2019/05/20/turkeys-bekmez-bags-gold-medal-at-european-race-walking-cup |newspaper=Daily Sabah |title=Turkey's Bekmez bags gold medal at European Race Walking Cup |date=20 May 2019 |accessdate=24 July 2019 }}
{{cite web |url=http://www.balkan-athletics.eu/2019/greece2019.php |publisher=Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations |title=Balkan Race Walking Championships 20 April 2019 Greece |accessdate=25 July 2019 }}
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External links
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- {{World Athletics}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|evin-demir}}
- {{Olimpedya|120/evin-demir}}
- {{TMOK profile|evin-demir/10467}}
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Category:Athletes from Istanbul
Category:Turkish female race walkers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics