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Ersu Şaşma

Ersu Şaşma

Turkish pole vaulter (born 1999)

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

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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.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Ersu Şaşma" (in Turkish). Türk Sporu. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    Kaçar, Murat (21 February 2020). "Balkan Şampiyonası'nda kazanılan 2 altın madalya Bursa'dan". Yeni Dönem (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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    TRT news feed dated 18th January 2021 (Turkish) Accessed on 13th April 2022
  4. [4]
    "Şaşma'dan yeni sırık rekoru: 5.20" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Balkan Atletizm Şampiyonası'nda 19 madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Avrupa Takımlar Şampiyonası'nda Milliler 245 puanla beşinci sırada". Fanatik (in Turkish). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. [7]
    Kaçar, Murat (21 February 2020). "Balkan Şampiyonası'nda kazanılan 2 altın madalya Bursa'dan". TRT Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Milli atlet Ersu Şaşma olimpiyat kotası aldı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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