Elif Şahin
Elif Şahin (born 19 January 2001) is a Turkish Volleyball player. She is 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb) and plays in the Setter position. She plays for Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in Istanbul. She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||
| Born | 19 January 2001 Ankara, Turkey | ||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 302 cm (119 in) | ||||
| Block | 300 cm (120 in) | ||||
| Volleyball information | |||||
| Position | Setter | ||||
| Current club | Eczacıbaşı Dynavit | ||||
| Number | 12 | ||||
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Honours | |||||
Club career edit
Elif Şahin is 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb), and plays in the Setter position. She started her sport career in the academy of Karayolları SK in her hometown Ankara in the 2017–18 season.[1] She won the Turkish runner-up title with the youth team in the 2017-19season.[1][2]
She joined Istanbul-based Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in the 2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League. The same season, she won the 2020 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup.[2][3] She took the bronze medal at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Antalya, Turkey.[4]
International career edit
Şahin was admitted to the Turkey women's national U-18 team. She was part of the team, which placed fourth at the 2017 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship in Argentina.[2][5]
The next year, she played at the 2018 Women's U19 European Championship in Albania with the Turkey women's U-19 team, which finished fourth.[2][6] She took the silver nedal with the U-19 team at the 2018 Balkan Volleyball Championship Women's U19.[2][7]
She is a member of the Turkey national team.[8] She was part of the national team, which placed fourth at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in Nanjing, China. Her team finished the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship held in Poland and the Netherlands on place eight. She became gold medalist at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in Arlington, Texas, United States.[9]
Personal life edit
Elif Şahin was born in Ankara, Turkey on 19 January 2001.[2][10] She has two sisters. Her two-years older sister Saliha is also a professional volleyball player in the Outside Hitter position, who played in the same club as her.[10][11][8]
Honours edit
Individual edit
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
- Best Setter: 2023
Club edit
Karayolları SK edit
- Turkish Junior Women Vollayball League
- 2018
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- Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup
- 2020–21
- 2021–22
- Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup
- 2020
- 2021–22
- AXA Sigorta Champions Cup
- 2020
International edit
- Balkan Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
- 2018
References edit
- ^ a b "Elif Şahin" (in Turkish). Women Vollyeybox. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Elif Şahin" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. 9 September 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Chamğionship 2022 | GMT 1–3 ECZ". FIVB. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship 2017 TUR 3–1 DOM" (PDF). Volleyball Argentina 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "2018 European Championship U19 Women Volleyball". CEV. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Balkan Championships U19 2018" (in Turkish). Balkan Volleyball Association. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Elif Şahin kimdir? Elif Şahin nereli? Elif Şahin boyu kaç?". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 17 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "TUR 3–0 ITA". Volleyball Nations League Women. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ a b Yıldırım, Mesut (21 March 2021). "Saliha ve Elif Şahin kardeşler: Azim ve hırsla en yüksek hedefe". Fanatik (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Saliha Şahin – Smaçör" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 31 July 2023.