Ersu Şaşma

Ersu Şaşma (born 30 September 1999) is a Turkish pole vaulter.

Ersu Şaşma

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 24) Mersin, Turkey
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Club	Fenerbahçe Athletics
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	2018: 5.20 m (U20) NR, 2019: 5.41 m Indoor (U23) NR, 2023; 5.90 m NR, 2022: 5.80 m Indoor NR
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Turkey Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Pole vault European Team Championships 2021 Cluj-Napoca Pole vault 2019 Sandnes Indoor Pole vault Balkan Championships 2021 Istanbul Indoor Pole vault 2020 Istanbul Indoor Pole vault 2018 Stara Zagora Pole vault

Ersu Şaşma was born on 30 September 1999 in Mersin, southern Turkey. He is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics.^[1] He was coached by Halil İbrahim Çömlekçi who died in January 2021.^[2][3]

Şaşma improved his own record for juniors (U20) from 5.13 m to 5.20 m at the Olympic Trials Competition in Mersin in May 2018.^[4] He won the bronze medal at the 2018 Balkan Athletics Championships in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.^[5]

At the First League of the 2019 European Athletics Team Championships in Sandnes, Norway, he took the bronze medal, and improved the national record in the Indoor U23 category about 1 cm to 5.41 m.^[6]

In 2020, Şaşma captured the gold medal at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.^[2]

He won his second gold medal at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in 2021.^[7] He broke a new national record by jumping 5.80 m at the 3rd Orhan Altan Cup in Ankara by June 2021, and obtained so a quota for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1][8] In July, he won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships with 5.60 m; the same mark as Sondre Guttormsen.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing   Turkey
2016	European Youth Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	14th (q)	4.55 m
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	20th (q)	5.00 m
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	13th (q)	5.10 m
	Balkan Championships	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	3rd	5.00 m
2019	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	–	NM
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	5th	5.70 m
	Balkan Championships	Smederevo, Serbia	2nd	5.50 m
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	3rd	5.60 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	10th	5.70 m
2022	Mediterranean Games	Oran, Algeria	1st	5.75 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	8th	5.80 m
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	1st	5.60 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	19th (q)	5.50 m
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	11th (q)	5.55 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	12th	5.55 m

References

1. "Ersu Şaşma" (in Turkish). Türk Sporu. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
2. Kaçar, Murat (21 February 2020). "Balkan Şampiyonası'nda kazanılan 2 altın madalya Bursa'dan". Yeni Dönem (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
3. TRT news feed dated 18th January 2021 (Turkish) Accessed on 13th April 2022
4. "Şaşma'dan yeni sırık rekoru: 5.20" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
5. "Balkan Atletizm Şampiyonası'nda 19 madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
6. "Avrupa Takımlar Şampiyonası'nda Milliler 245 puanla beşinci sırada". Fanatik (in Turkish). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
7. Kaçar, Murat (21 February 2020). "Balkan Şampiyonası'nda kazanılan 2 altın madalya Bursa'dan". TRT Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
8. "Milli atlet Ersu Şaşma olimpiyat kotası aldı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

External links

• Ersu Şaşma at World Athletics  
• Ersu Şaşma at Olympedia  
• Ersu Şaşma at Olympics.com
• Ersu Şaşma at the Turkish National Olympic Committee