Şilan Ayyıldız

Şilan Ayyıldız
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 (age 25)
Sport
SportMiddle-distance, long-distance
ClubBeşiktaş J.K.
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsoutdoor
  • 400 m: 59.86 (1 August 2018)
  • 800 m: 2:03.54 (12 June 2022)
  • 1500 m: 4:10.59 (2 June 2022)
  • 10 km: 33:12 (31 October 2021)
  • 4 x 400 m relay:3:42:42 (19 June 2022)

indoor

  • 800 m: 2:06.31 (26 February 2022)
  • 1500 m: 4:11.55 (3 March 2023)
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Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Turkey
Balkan Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Craiova 1500 m
Balkan Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Istanbul 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Istanbul 800 m U20
Gold medal – first place 2018 Istanbul 1500 m U20
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chengdu 1500 m

Şilan Ayyıldız (born 10 October 1999) is a Turkish female middle and long-distance track runner, who specializes in the 800m and 1500m events.

Sports career

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Ayyıldız began running in high school. She set a school record in 800m with 2:09 and in 1500m with 4:26.9.[1] She took part in the 2017 ISF World Schools Athletics Championships in Nancy, France on 20–24 June, where she took the silver medal in the 800m event.[2][3]

She gained her first international experience in 2017, when she was eliminated from the preliminary round of the 1500m event at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy on 20–23 July with a time of 4:35.96.[4] That year in October, she took part in the 800m event at the International Athletics Championship held in Lefkoşa, Northern Cyprus.[5] The following year, she won the U20 1500m at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in 4:37.21, and took the silver medal in the U20 800m in 2:11.36.[6] In 2021, she finished eleventh at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia with 4:19.63 over 1500m, and was eliminated 800m with 2:16.86 min in the preliminary heat.[7]

In April 2021, Ayyıldız won the 10 km maraton at the N Kolay International Marathon in Istanbul with 37:17,[8] and in June 2022, she became Turkish U-23 champion in the 1500m event in Bursa.[9]

In 2022, she won with 4:12.78 over 1500m at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul,[10] and also at the outdoor championships in Craiova, Romania, she secured the gold medal in 4:17.27,[11][12] and her team finished there the 4 × 400m relay event in fourth place with 3:42.42.[13][14] In June 2022, she improved her "personal best" in the 1500m with a time of 4:10.59 at the Meeting International D'athlétisme de Montreuil in France organized by the European Athletic Association,[15] and won the 1500m in 4:12.69 at the Motonet Grand Prix Espoo 2022 in Finland.[16] She finished fifth at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria with a time of 4:14.45,[17] and then dropped out of the first round at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA with a time of 4:12.67.[18] In August 2022, she placed fourth in the 800m event at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey with a time of 2:04.76,[19] and finished the 1500m event in fifth place with 4:19.79.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Silan Ayyildiz". South Caroline Gamecocks. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ "World School Championship 2017". World School Championship Athletics. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Millilerimizden Bayram Hediyesi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Okul Sporları Federasyonu. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Pistte sıra gençlerde". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Yavru vatanda Uluslararası Atletizm heyecanı başlıyor". Ajans Spor (in Turkish). 2 October 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Şilan Ayyıldız Balkan Şampiyonu". Fanatik (in Turkish). 25 June 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Milliler Avrupa U23 Şampiyonası'na gidiyor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Beşiktaşlı sporcu Şilan Ayyıldız şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Turkcell Büyükler-U23 Türkiye Şampiyonası" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu - Bursa Atletizm İl Temsilciliği. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Balkan Salon'da Türkiye fırtınası esti" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Şilan Ayyıldız Balkan Şampiyonu!". Fotomaç (in Turkish). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Turkish athletes bring home 22 medals from Balkan championships". Daily Sabah. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Milliler Balkan'dan 22 madalya ile dönüyor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Balkan Senior Championship 18-19 June 2022 Craiova / ROU" (PDF). Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Şilan Fransa'da en iyisini geliştirdi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Şilan Ayyıldız, Finlandiya'da birinci oldu". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  17. ^ "İtiraz sonucu gümüş madalya bizim!". Esha Haber (in Turkish). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  18. ^ "Şilan Ayyıldız, istediği sonuca ulaşamadı". SporX (in Turkish). 16 July 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Konya'da ikinci gün 4 altın madalya daha" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  20. ^ "Women-Kadın 5th Islamic Solidarity Games" (PDF). Turkish Athletics Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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