Aysu Türkoğlu
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.jpg) Türkoğlu in 2023 | |
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| Born | 2 May 2001 Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey |
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| Sport | Swimming |
Aysu Türkoğlu (born 2 May 2001) is a Turkish swimmer specializing in open water swimming.[1] As of 2024[update], she has completed three of the Oceans Seven swimming events.
Aysu Türkoğlu started swimming at age seven in the Bodrum Swimming Club, inspired by her older sister Aynur,[2] who was a swimmer competing at national level.[3]
In the years between 2015 and 2017, she took part in all four swimming styles of all different distances in the pool.[2] Although successful in her age classes, she thought that "she was not fast enough in sprint swimming in pool", and so she chose open water swimming.[3]
In 2016, while studying in 9th grade, she swam for the first time in an interscholastic long-distance swim competition held at İçmeler, Marmaris, Muğla Province, and became champion in the 6 km event. She performed triathlon for a while in 2018. However, she decided on endurance swimming for the future.[3]
Open water swimming career
She won several titles in the 1.5 km, 3 km and 10 km events at the Marathon Masters Winter Championships and some local open water tournaments between 2017 and 2021.[2]
In the night of 29-30 July 2022, Türkoğlu swam the English Channel, a part of the Oceans Seven series, from England to Cap Gris-Nez, France in a time of 16:28 as the youngest swimmer.[1][2][3][4]
As the first Turkish woman and the youngest Turkish swimmer, she completed the 26 mi (42 km)-long North Channel between Ireland and Scotland, an Oceans Seven event, at 11:48.19 on 9 August 2022.[1][5][6]
She became champion in the 2 km, 3 km and 5 km events at the International Aquamasters Open Water Swimming Championship in Bodrum in October and in Marmaris in November 2022.[2]
She swam the around 17 mi (27 km)-long Cook Strait in New Zealand, which is another Oceans Seven swim event, in a time of 7:21.40 on 20 March 2024.[1][6]
