Ayşe Tekdal
Personal information
Born (1999-10-28) 28 October 1999
Diyarbakır, Turkey
Sport
SportRace walk
ClubKayapınar belediyespor
Medal record
Women’s athletics
Representing  Turkey
World Race Walking Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Taicang10 km race walk (team)
Balkan Race Walking Championship
Gold medal – first place2021 Antalya20 km race walk
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Gävle20 km race walk
European U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 Tbilisi5,000 m race walk

Ayşe Tekdal (born 28 October 1999) is a Turkish female race walker specialising in the 5000 m, 10,000 m and 20 km events.[1] She is a native of Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey.[2] She competes for Kayapınar Belediyespor in her hometown.[3]

Sports career

Tekdal won the silver nedal in the 5,000 m event at the 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia with a personal best time of 22:58.17 behind her countrywoman Meryem Bekmez.[3] At the 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Taicang, China, she took the bronze medal in the 10 km race walk event with her teammate Bekmez.[4] In 2019, she captured the gold medal in the 20 km race walk event of the European Athletics U23 Championships held in Gävle, Sweden.[5] In 2019, she competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[6] She was disqualified after a fourth red card.[6] In She set a new Turkish U23 and seniors record with 21:00.97 in the indoor 5,000 m race walking event at the Turkish Indoor Race Walking Championship on 17 January 2021. Former senior women's record was held by Meryem Bekmez with 21:54.25 set in 2018, and the women's U23 record was of Nergis Adaş.[7]

In 2021, she won the gold medal at the Balkan Race Walk Championship in Antalya, Turkey with a time of 1:30:12, which brought her the participation at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She became the first Balkan champion Turkish woman race walker.[8]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
Representing  Turkey
2016 European U18 Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 2nd 5,000 m race walk 22:58.17 PB [3]
2018 World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang, China 3rd 10 km race walk (team) 25 pts [4]
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 1st 20 km race walk 1:34:47 [5]
2021 20th Balkan Race Walking Championship Antalya, Turkey 1st 20 km race walk 1:30:12 [8][9]
  • PB: Personal best

References

  1. ↑ "Ayşe Tekdal". IAAF. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Diyarbakırlı atlet Ayşe Tekdal, İsveç'ten altın madalya ile döndü". Tigris Haber (in Turkish). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kayapınar Belediyesporlu Kadın Atletler Şampiyon Oldu". Haberler (in Turkish). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Yürüyüş Milli Takımı'ndan tarihi madalya". Sabah (in Turkish). 6 May 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Milli sporcu Ayşe Tekdal, 20 kilometre yürüyüşte altın madalyanın sahibi oldu". Habertürk (in Turkish). 14 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Women's 20 kilometres walk" (PDF). IAAF - 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Milli atlet Ayşe Tekdal'dan tarihi rekor". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 17 January 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  8. 1 2 Özden, Oktay (28 March 2021). "Balkan şampiyonluğuyla Türk atletizm tarihine geçen Ayşe Tekdal: Çok vazgeçtiğim anlar oldu ama yılmadım" (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "20.Balkan Race Walking Championships - Antalya-TUR - 20 Km. - Senior Women" (PDF). Association of Balkan Athletics Federations. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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