Çiğdem Özyaman

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Çiğdem Özyaman
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born 1985 (age 2829)
Düzce, Turkey
Alma mater Selçuk University
Occupation Teacher of physical education
Years active 2001-present
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Shotgun shooting
Event(s) Skeet
Coached by Diego Gasperini

Çiğdem Özyaman (born 1985 in Düzce, Turkey) is a Turkish sport shooter competing in the skeet event. The 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall athlete at 58 kg (128 lb) is right-handed.[1]

She began with shooting sport at the age of 14 with her father's iniative. She serves as teacher of physical education in a primary school at Bolu after her graduation from the Selçuk University.[2]

Çiğdem Özyaman is qualified to participate in the skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics with her gold medal achieved at the 2011 European Shooting Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4] She will be the first ever Turkish female Olympic sport shooter along with Nihan Kantarcı, who will compete in the trap event.[5]

Achievements

Representing  Turkey
2004 European Championships Nicosia, Cyprus 3rd J
2005 ISSF World Championships Lonato, Italy 8th J
European Championships Belgrade, Serbia 6th J
2007 European Championships Granada, Spain 8th
2011 ISSF World Cup 2 Beijing, China 7th
European Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st [3]

References

  1. "Portrait of the Shooter-Ozyaman Cigdem". ISSF. Retrieved 2012-06-20. 
  2. "Selçuk mezunu ÇiğdemAvrupa Şampiyonu Oldu". Konya Yeni Gün (in Turkish). 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2012-06-20. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Campionato Europeo Delle Discipline Olimpiche Trap-Skeet-Double Trap Belgrado (Serbia) 31 luglio-14 agosto 2011" (in Italian). Iltiro. Retrieved 2012-06-20. 
  4. "Sırbistan'daki Atıcılık Şampiyonası'nda yarışan sporcumuz Çiğdem Özyaman Avrupa şampiyonu oldu". İnternet Haber (in Turkish). 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2012-06-20. 
  5. "Çiğdem Özyaman ve Nihan Kantarcı'dan bir ilk". 365 Spor (in Turkish). 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2012-06-19. 


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