Sena Can

Sena Can
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 23)
Osmangazi, Bursa Province, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurk10
SportShooting
EventSkeet
ClubBilgin Shooting Club
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Turkey
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Skeet

Sena Can (born 10 November 2001) is a Turkish sport shooter, who competes in the skeet event. She was a national record holder. She qualified to participate at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Sport career

Can started sport shooting in 2016 with the encouragement and support of her father, who is a hunter.[1] In the beginning, she was a member of Osmangazi Belediye Sports Club in her hometown.[2][3] Currently, she is coached by Ali Rıza Bilgin, and is a member of Bilgin Shooting Club in Konya.[4]

She won several medals at Republic Cup and Federation Cup in skeet events.[1] She won the gold medal in the Junior women's category at the 2019 Republic Cup in Konay, and set a new national record with 114 points.[2] The same year, she became Turkish champion, and was selected to the national shooting team.[1]

She took part at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships in Lonato del Garda, Italy competing in the Juniors category,[5] and at the 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.[3]

She took part at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algier, placing at ninth rank.[6] She won the gold medal at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[7]

She set a new Turkish record with 121 hits while competing in the women's team event at the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. She advanced to the finals with her teammates Nur Banu Balkancı and Çiğdem Özyaman Özenir, and placed seventh.[8] She secured so a quota at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[9] She competed at the Shooting at the 2023 European Games in Wrocław, Poland in the individual and team events without a success.[10]

Personal life

Sena Can was born in Osmangazi, Bursa Province on 10 November 2001.[1][3][11] She has a sister.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Dereağzı, Havva (9 February 2020). "Avcı babanın şampiyon atıcı kızı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Sena Can rekorla zirve e". Olay (in Turkish). 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Osmangazili atıcı Dünya Şampiyonası'nda". SonDakika (in Turkish). 1 July 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Sena Can" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atıcılık ve Avcılık Federasyonu. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Sena Can, İtalya'da şampiyonluk için boy gösterecek". Gazete Bursa (in Turkish). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  6. ^ "19. Akdeniz Oyunları Atıcılık Müsabakaları Başladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atıcılık ve Avcılık Federasyonu. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Bayanlar atıcılık skeet yarışlarından altın madalya Türk sporcunun". Yeni Meram (in Turkish). 15 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  8. ^ "53rd ISSF World Championsgip All Eevents - Results" (PDF). ISSF. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Sena Can, olimpiyat kotası alsı". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 18 August 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Polonya'da Avrupa Oyunları'nda milli sporcular atıcılıkta mücadele etti". SonDakika (in Turkish). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Sena Can". ISSF. Retrieved 4 April 2024.