Rümeysa Pelin Kaya

Rümeysa Pelin Kaya
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2000-08-06) 6 August 2000 (age 24)
Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportShooting
EventTrap
ClubKahramanmaraş Gençlik S.K.
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Turkey
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team trap
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Lonato Trap

Rümeysa Pelin Kaya (born 6 August 2000) is a Turkish sport shooter competing in trap event.[1]

Sport career

Kaya obtained her license in 2014. She is a member of Kahramanmaraş Gençlik S.K. She competed at various domestic competitions.[2]

In the Mixed team trap event of the 2022 ISSF World Cup, she shared the gold medal with Murat İlbilgi in Nicosia, Cyprus and the bronze medal with Tolga Tunçer in Baku, Azerbaijan. She took the bronze medal in the Mixed team event of the 2022 Grand Prix in Konya, Turkey.[3] She took part at the 2022 Mediterranean Games n Oran, Algeria without any success.[4][5] Although she became a victim of the 2023 Turkey earthquake, which devastated also her hometown on 6 February, she took part at the 2023 ISSF World Cup in Doha, Qatar in 4–13 March.[6] She and her teammate Tolga Tunçer placed fourth in the Mixed team event.[6][7] She won the silver medal in the Team trap event at the 2023 European Games held in Wroclaw, Poland, along with teammates Dilara Bedia Kızılsu and Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir.[8]

Personal life

Born on 6 August 2000, Rümeysa Pelin Kaya is a native of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.[2] She studied at the Faculty of Sport Science of Kahramanmaraş Sütçüimam University graduating in 2022.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Shooting Trap Women's Team Qualification Start List" (PDF). European Games 2023 Wroclaw Shooting Center. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Rümeysa Pelin Kaya" (in Turkish). Türkite Atıcılık ve Avcılık Federasyonu. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Rümeysa Pelin Kaya Dünya şampiyonu oldu". Bugün (in Turkish). 23 October 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Oran 2022 Akdeniz Oyunları Sporcu Listesi" (PDF). olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Milli atıcılar ilk olimpiyat madalyasını Paris'ten getireceklerine inanıyor". Haber 1 (in Turkish). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Deprem enkazından çıktılar Katar'da Dünya Kupası'na katıldılar". Yeni Çağ (in Turkish). 13 March 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Milli atıcılar Katar'da 4. oldu". Spor X (in Turkish). 12 March 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  8. ^ Tiryaki, Erkan (2 July 2023). "3. Avrupa Oyunları'nda atıcılıkta kadınlar trap takım kategorisinde Türkiye, gümüş madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 July 2023.


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