Rümeysa Pelin Kaya
{{Short description|Turkish sport shooter (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Rümeysa Pelin Kaya
| image =
| nationality = Turkish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|08|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
| birth_name =
| height = 1.59 m
| weight = 55 kg
| country = Turkey
| sport = Shooting
| event = Trap
| club = Kahramanmaraş Gençlik S.K.
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's shooting }}
{{Medal|Country|{{TUR}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|European Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|Team trap}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Lonato|Trap}}
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Rümeysa Pelin Kaya (born 6 August 2000) is a Turkish sport shooter competing in trap event.
Sport career
Kaya obtained her license in 2014. She is a member of Kahramanmaraş Gençlik S.K. She competed at various domestic competitions.
In the Mixed team trap event of the 2022 ISSF World Cup, she shared the gold medal with Murat İlbilgi in Nicosia, Cyprus and the bronze medal with Tolga Tunçer in Baku, Azerbaijan. She took the bronze medal in the Mixed team event of the 2022 Grand Prix in Konya, Turkey. She took part at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria without any success. Although she became a victim of the 2023 Turkey earthquake, which devastated her hometown on 6 February, she took part at the 2023 ISSF World Cup in Doha, Qatar in 4–13 March. She and her teammate Tolga Tunçer placed fourth in the Mixed team event. She won the silver medal in the Team trap event at the 2023 European Games held in Wrocław, Poland, along with teammates Dilara Bedia Kızılsu and Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir.
Personal life
Born on 6 August 2000, Rümeysa Pelin Kaya is a native of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. She studied at the Faculty of Sport Science of Kahramanmaraş Sütçüimam University graduating in 2022.
References
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{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/spor/3-avrupa-oyunlarinda-aticilikta-kadinlar-trap-takim-kategorisinde-turkiye-gumus-madalya-kazandi/2935245 |newspaper=Anadolu News Agency |title=3. Avrupa Oyunları'nda atıcılıkta kadınlar trap takım kategorisinde Türkiye, gümüş madalya kazandı |author=Tiryaki, Erkan |date=2 July 2023 |language=tr |accessdate=11 July 2023}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/Upload/912514_Oran_2022_Sporcular.pdf |website=olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr |publisher=Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi |title=Oran 2022 Akdeniz Oyunları Sporcu Listesi |language=tr |accessdate=11 July 2023}}
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External links
- {{ISSF|SHTURW0608200001|Rumeysa Pelin Kaya}}
- {{Olympics.com|rumeysa-pelin-kaya|Rumeysa Pelin Kaya}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/rumeysa-pelin-kaya_1564926 Rumeysa Pelin Kaya] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{Olimpedya|987/rumeysa-pelin-kaya|Rümeysa Pelin Kaya}}
- {{TMOK|rmeysa-pelin-kaya/11006|Rümeysa Pelin Kaya}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaya, Rümeysa Pelin}}
Category:Sportspeople from Kahramanmaraş
Category:Kahramanmaraş Sütçüimam University alumni
Category:Turkish female sport shooters
Category:Trap and double trap shooters
Category:21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Category:Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Category:European Games silver medalists for Turkey
Category:European Games medalists in shooting
Category:Shooters at the 2023 European Games
Category:Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic shooters for Turkey
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