Elif Şahin (born 19 January 2001) is a Turkish Volleyball player. She is 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb) and plays in the Setter position. She plays for Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in Istanbul. She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

Elif Şahin
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 23)
Ankara, Turkey
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Spike302 cm (119 in)
Block300 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubEczacıbaşı Dynavit
Number12
Career
YearsTeams
  • 2017–2020
  • 2020–
National team
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019–
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing  Turkey
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Japan Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgium/Estonia/Germany/Italy Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2023 Arlington Team

Club career

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Elif Şahin is 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb), and plays in the Setter position. She started her sport career in the academy of Karayolları SK in her hometown Ankara in the 2017–18 season.[1] She won the Turkish runner-up title with the youth team in the 2017-19season.[1][2]

She joined Istanbul-based Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in the 2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League. The same season, she won the 2020 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup.[2][3] She took the bronze medal at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Antalya, Turkey.[4]

International career

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Şahin was admitted to the Turkey women's national U-18 team. She was part of the team, which placed fourth at the 2017 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship in Argentina.[2][5]

The next year, she played at the 2018 Women's U19 European Championship in Albania with the Turkey women's U-19 team, which finished fourth.[2][6] She took the silver nedal with the U-19 team at the 2018 Balkan Volleyball Championship Women's U19.[2][7]

She is a member of the Turkey national team.[8] She was part of the national team, which placed fourth at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in Nanjing, China. Her team finished the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship held in Poland and the Netherlands on place eight. She became gold medalist at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in Arlington, Texas, United States.[9]

Personal life

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Elif Şahin was born in Ankara, Turkey on 19 January 2001.[2][10] She has two sisters. Her two-years older sister Saliha is also a professional volleyball player in the Outside Hitter position, who played in the same club as her.[10][11][8]

Honours

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Individual

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FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
Best Setter: 2023

Club

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Karayolları SK

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Turkish Junior Women Vollayball League
  2018

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit

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Turkish Women's Volleyball League
  2021–22
  2022–23
Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup
  2020–21
  2021–22
Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup
  2020
  2021–22
AXA Sigorta Champions Cup
  2020
CEV Women's Champions League
  2022–23
FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
  2022
  2023
Women's CEV Cup
  2021–22

International

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Balkan Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
  2018
FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
  2023
Women's European Volleyball Championship
  2023

References

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  1. ^ a b "Elif Şahin" (in Turkish). Women Vollyeybox. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Elif Şahin" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ^ "2020 AXA Sigorta Kadınlar Şampiyonlar Kupası'nda Kupa ve Madalyalar Sahiplerini Buldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. 9 September 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. ^ "FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Chamğionship 2022 | GMT 1–3 ECZ". FIVB. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  5. ^ "FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship 2017 TUR 3–1 DOM" (PDF). Volleyball Argentina 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  6. ^ "2018 European Championship U19 Women Volleyball". CEV. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Balkan Championships U19 2018" (in Turkish). Balkan Volleyball Association. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Elif Şahin kimdir? Elif Şahin nereli? Elif Şahin boyu kaç?". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 17 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  9. ^ "TUR 3–0 ITA". Volleyball Nations League Women. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  10. ^ a b Yıldırım, Mesut (21 March 2021). "Saliha ve Elif Şahin kardeşler: Azim ve hırsla en yüksek hedefe". Fanatik (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Saliha Şahin – Smaçör" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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Awards
Preceded by Best Setter of
Club World Championship

2023
Succeeded by
TBD