Neslihan Arın (née Yiğit; born February 26, 1994) is a Turkish 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] She won the women's singles title at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games, 2013, 2018 Mediterranean Games and the women's doubles title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Arın also won the bronze medals at the 2015 European Games and at the 2021 European Championships, 2022 European Championships and 2024 European Championships

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Neslihan Arın
Neslihan Arın
Personal information
Birth name	Neslihan Yiğit
Country	Turkey
Born	(1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 30) Bursa, Turkey
Height	1.78 m (5.8 ft)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Çağatay Taşdemir
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	27 (WS, 3 May 2022) 28 (WD with Özge Bayrak, 20 August 2015)
Current ranking	37 (WS, 2 January 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Turkey European Games 2015 Baku Women's doubles European Championships 2021 Kyiv Women's singles 2022 Madrid Women's singles 2024 Saarbrücken Women's singles Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 Palembang Women's singles 2013 Palembang Women's team Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Women's singles 2013 Mersin Women's doubles 2018 Tarragona Women's singles 2022 Oran Women's singles European Junior Championships 2013 Ankara Girls' singles
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Neslihan Arın became silver medalist in singles and doubles at the U17 European Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to semi finals in singles, won the girls' doubles title, and became the runner-up in the mixed doubles.^[1]

She competed at various international tournaments in singles and doubles with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011–2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to 28th place in the women's doubles world ranking list as of 20 August 2015 with Özge Bayrak. In the singles event, she reached a career-high of world number 34th in the world list on 1 October 2019. Arın ranked 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] In June 2013, she won double gold medals in the women's singles and doubles event at the Mersin Mediterranean Games.^[6]

In 2021, Arın reached the quarter-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open,losing out to the eventual champion Carolina Marín.^[7] She won the bronze medal at the European Championships, defeated by the defending champion Marín in the semi-finals in straight games.^[8]

Arın was drawn in group A along with top seed and eventual champion Chen Yufei at the Tokyo Olympics, against whom she lost 14–21, 9–21.^[9] She won her other group game against Doha Hany 21–5, 21–5.^[10]

Arın reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 Hylo Open. After beating Aakarshi Kashyap and Kristin Kuuba in the first two rounds,^[11] it was the eventual champion Busanan Ongbamrungphan who stopped her in the quarters.

Arın made it to the quarter-finals at the 2021 Indonesia Masters She defeated 6th seed Michelle Li,^[12] and Marija Ulitina in straight games on the way. In the quarter-finals, She was stopped by P. V. Sindhu.^[13]