Neslihan Yiğit

Neslihan Yiğit

Neslihan Yiğit
Personal information
Country  Turkey
Born (1994-02-26) February 26, 1994
Bursa, Turkey
Height 178 cm (5.84 ft)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Handedness Right
Coach Çağatay Taşdemir
Women's single & doubles
Highest ranking 35 (WS) September 13, 2012
39 (WD) January 15, 2015
Current ranking 65 (WS)
39 (WD)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Competitor for  Turkey
European Games
2015 Baku Doubles
Islamic Solidarity Games
2013 Palembang Singles
2013 Palembang Teams
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin Singles
2013 Mersin Doubles
European Junior Championships
2013 Ankara Singles
BWF profile

Neslihan Yiğit (born February 26, 1994) is a Turkish female badminton player. The 178 cm (5.84 ft) tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.[1][2]

Neslihan Yiğit became silver medalist in singles (WS) and doubles (WD) at the U17 European Team Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to bronze medal in WS, gold medal in WD and silver in mixed doubles (XD).[1]

She competed at various international tournaments as single and double with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011-2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to the 37th place in the world ranking list as of April 19, 2012. In the doubles event, she ranks 41st in the world list together with Özge Bayrak. Neslihan ranks 7th in the World Juniors list.[3]

She qualified as the first ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics.[4]

She won the gold medal in the singles event and the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.[5]

Achievements

Women's singles

Rank Event HostDate
 Bronze Kenya International Series  Kenya June 23–26, 2011
 Silver Bulgarian International  Bulgaria October 6–09, 2011
 Gold V Suriname International  Suriname 2011
 Bronze South African International  South Africa December 1–04, 2011
 Bronze Uganda International Badminton Championships  Uganda February 2–05, 2012
 Gold Iran Fajr International Challenge  Iran February 16–19, 2012
 Bronze Austrian International Challenge  Austria February 22–25, 2012
 Silver Croatian International  Croatia March 8–11, 2012
 Silver 36th Yonex Polish International  Poland March 22–25, 2012
 Bronze XVII Peru International  Peru April 11–15, 2012
 Bronze 2013 European Junior Championships  Turkey March 22-31, 2013
 Gold XVII Mediterranean Games  Turkey June 25-30, 2013
 Gold 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games  Indonesia Sep 22-Oct 1, 2013
 Gold 2014 Turkey International  Turkey Dec 28-21, 2014

Women's doubles

Rank Event Host Date
 Gold Kenya International Series  Kenya June 23–26, 2011
 Silver Victor Slovak Open  Slovakia August 31-September 3, 2011
 Bronze Bulgarian International  Bulgaria October 6–09, 2011
 Gold V Suriname International  Suriname 2011
 Gold South African International  South Africa December 1–04, 2011
 Silver Uganda International Badminton Championships  Uganda February 2–05, 2012
 Bronze Iran Fajr International Challenge  Iran February 16–19, 2012
 Gold XVII Mediterranean Games  Turkey June 25-30, 2013
 Bronze 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games  Indonesia Sep 22-Oct 1, 2013
 Gold Hellas International Series  Greece May 15-18, 2014[6]
 Bronze 2015 European Games  Azerbaijan June 26, 2015

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "BEC 2011 European Junior Championships 15-24.4.2011 Vantaa, Finland - Media". Badminton Finland. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Badminton Branşındaki Sporcularımız" (in Turkish). Egospor. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  3. ↑ "Player profiles-Neslihan Yigit". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  4. ↑ "Milli badmintoncu Neslihan Yiğit, Londra Olimpiyat Oyunları vizesini aldı". Zaman (in Turkish). 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  5. ↑ "Badminton-Results". The 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  6. ↑ "Özge Bayrak-Neslihan Yiğit şampiyon oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2015-01-18.


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