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YILDIRIM Enver

sabre
Rank20
Pts78.000
Age28
HandR

Personal Information

Family Wife Nergis Emanet

Residence France

Occupation Athlete, Student

Languages English, Turkish

Higher education Sports Science - Ankara University: Türkiye

License number 18101995001

Club

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
World Cup--11
Budapest (HUNGARY), 2024-03-22
Zone Championships--11
Plovdiv (BULGARIA), 2023-06-17
-1-1
Taipei (CHINESE TAIPEI), 2017-08-20
--11
Madrid (SPAIN), 2021-04-24
71715
Amsterdam (NETHERLANDS), 2016-09-25Tbilisi (GEORGIA), 2019-10-26Istanbul (TÜRKIYE), 2015-01-10
Gand (BELGIUM), 2016-10-16Copenhague (DENMARK), 2016-03-12
Turku (FINLAND), 2017-03-19Amsterdam (NETHERLANDS), 2017-09-24
Plovdiv (BULGARIA), 2018-09-22Plovdiv (BULGARIA), 2019-09-21
Gand (BELGIUM), 2018-09-30Plovdiv (BULGARIA), 2021-09-25
Antalya (TÜRKIYE), 2022-10-22Isfahan (IRAN), 2022-09-03
Gand (BELGIUM), 2023-10-01Tbilisi (GEORGIA), 2023-10-14

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing at age nine.

Why this sport? He was encouraged to take up fencing by his older brothers and a neighbour who was a fencing coach. "We started because of coach Mustafa Kalender. He was our neighbour. He directed my brothers to fencing. And then I followed."

Club / Team Christian Bauer Academy: Orléans, FRA

Name of coach Christian Bauer [club]

General Interest

Famous relatives His older brother Hakan has represented Turkey in fencing, and competed in sabre at the world championships in 2010 and 2019. (SportsDeskOnline, 27 Apr 2021; Turkiye Eskrim Federasyonu Facebook page, 06 Dec 2018)

Other information FURTHER EDUCATION
He has obtained a master's degree in sports science from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. He has studied for a doctorate degree in sports science at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey. (Facebook profile, 11 Nov 2022; Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University Facebook page, 22 Jun 2022; sonsoz.com.tr, 31 Oct 2017)

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