The European Athletics Championships will begin tomorrow in Birmingham and conclude on Sunday, August 16. Türkiye’s delegation at the championships will be led by Turkish Athletics Federation President Ahmet Karadağ.
Türkiye’s sprint and middle-distance team
Ertan Özkan and Kayhan Özer will compete in the 100 meters for Türkiye. Elif Polat, Sıla Koloğlu, Deniz Kaan Kartal, Oğuz Uyar and Kubilay Ençu will compete in the 200 meters.
Elif Polat, Sıla Koloğlu and Kubilay Ençu will compete in the 400 meters; Ömer Faruk Bozdağ in the 800 meters; and Salih Teksöz and Şilan Ayyıldız in the 1,500 meters. Kaan Kigen Özbilen will represent Türkiye in the marathon.
Hurdles and relay events
Mikdat Sevler will compete in the 110-meter hurdles, while Berke Akçam and İsmail Nezir will compete in the 400-meter hurdles. Derya Kunur, Sümeyye Erol, Tuğba Yenigün, Abdullah Tuğluk and Cuma Özcan will compete in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Batuhan Altıntaş, Ere Ergün, Ertan Özkan, Kayhan Özer and Oğuz Uyar will represent Türkiye in the 4x100-meter relay. Deniz Kaan Kartal and Mikdat Sevler will be reserve athletes on the team.
The 4x400-meter relay team will include Berke Akçam, İhsan Selçuk, İsmail Nezir and Kubilay Ençu. Deniz Kaan Kartal, Oğuzhan Kaya and Yağız Canlı will be part of the reserve squad.
Jumping and throwing events
Kadriye Dilek Durmuş, Tuğba Danışmaz, Can Özüpek, Necati Er and Mesut Bülbül will compete in the triple jump. Yasemin Zehra Börekçi will compete in the long jump, Berra Aygün in the high jump and Ersu Şaşma in the pole vault.
Eda Tuğsuz and Esra Türkmen will compete in the javelin throw; Halil Yılmazer and Özkan Baltacı in the hammer throw; and Özlem Becerek and Ömer Şahin in the discus throw. Ali Peker will compete in the shot put with the goal of winning a medal.
Marathon and race walking events
Ayşe Aslan, Esma Öztekin, Kader Güvenç, Harun Bilir, Ozan Bayram and Salih Korkmaz will compete for Türkiye in the marathon walk.
The half-marathon race walking team will include Emine Ceylan, Kader Dost, Meryem Bekmez, Hayrettin Yıldız, Mazlum Demir and Salih Korkmaz.
