Şahika Ercümen

Şahika Ercümen
Born 16 January 1985
Çanakkale, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Alma mater Başkent University, Ankara
Occupation Free-diver, dietitian

Şahika Ercümen (born 16 January 1985) is a Turkish dietitian and world record holder free-diver.[1][2][3]

Born on January 16, 1985 in Çanakkale, she was educated at the Gazi Primary School, and received a secondary education at the Milli Piyango Anatolian High School in her hometown. For her higher education, she moved to Ankara, and became a dietitian graduating from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Başkent University’s Faculty of Health Sciences.[1]

Her participation in underwater sports began with scuba diving and underwater rugby. For twelve years, she is interested in various branches of underwater sports, and is a member of four national teams since 2001. She participated with the underwater hockey, underwater rugby, underwater orienteering and free diving national teams in the World and European Championships.[1][3][4]

Achievements

Her 110 m (360 ft) long dynamic apnea under ice that was achieved on February 11, 2011 in Lake Weissensee, Austria, found entry into the The Guinness Book of World Records as a world record both for men and women.[3][4] Former records were 70 m (230 ft) for women and 108 m (354 ft) for men.[5][6]

Şahika Ercümen is the world record holder of constant weight with fins (at sea) discipline with 70 m (230 ft) set in Dahab, Egypt on November 10, 2011. The former record belonged to Tanya Streeter with 67 m (220 ft).[3] The same day at the same place, she set another world record diving 60 m (200 ft) deep in variable weight apnea without fin (at sea).[4][7]

On June 1, 2013, she broke her own world record diving in variable weight apnea without fin (at sea) to a depth of 61 m (200 ft) in saline soda waters of Lake Van, eastern Turkey.[8] She stated that she preferred the site for her world-record free-diving attempt because she wanted to call world's attention to the migration of Pearl Mullet (Chalcalburnus tarichi), also called Lake Van fish.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Erdem, Arif (2010-01-31). "Dalışta Türkiye basamakları çıkmaya başladı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  2. ↑ "Guines Rekorlar Kitabı'na giren son Türk". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 24 February 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Denizkızı Şahika rekor peşinde!". Sabah (in Turkish). 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Şahika Ercümen dünya rekoru kırdı". Sabah (in Turkish). 2011-11-11. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  5. ↑ "Şahika rekor kırdı". Hürriyet (in Turkish <accessdate=2013-06-17). 2011-02-13.
  6. ↑ "Şahika Ercümen Breaks Diving Record". TRT World. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  7. ↑ "Turkish athlete Şahika ERCÜMEN made her world record attempts in the famous Blue Hole, Dahab, Sinai Peninsula-Egypt". CMAS. 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  8. ↑ "Şahika Ercümen'den dünya rekoru". Sabah (in Turkish). 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  9. ↑ "World Record From Şahika Ercümen In Lake Van!". Dive With Seman. 2013-06-03. Retrieved 2013-06-17.

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