Suat Aşani

Suat Aşani
Personal information
Born(1916-09-22)22 September 1916
Died22 April 1970(1970-04-22) (aged 53)[1]
Sport
SportFencing

Suat Aşani (22 September 1916 – 22 April 1970) was a Turkish fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2] She and her colleague Halet Çambel were the first Turkish sportswomen to participate at the Olympics.[3] Her father, Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni, was one of the founding members of Beşiktaş JK.

References

  1. ^ "Suat Fetgeri TARI 22/4/1970". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 24 April 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Suat Aşani Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Olimpiyatlardaki ilk Türk kadın". BBC Türkçe. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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