Begünhan Elif Ünsal
Turkish archer (born 1993)
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Begünhan Elif Oruç (born 4 January 1993) is a Turkish archer.
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| Born | 4 January 1993 Isparta, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Recurve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Private life
Sports career
Ünsal began her archery career at age ten,[5] inspired by her older sister, also an archer, and encouraged by her father.[6] Ünsal is trained by her father Yalçın Ünsal.[5]
She participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. She was eliminated in the second round in the individual event by the silver medallist Tan Ya-Ting.[7] She paired up with Abdul Dayyan bin Mohamed Jaffar of Singapore to win bronze in the mixed team event.[8]
Ünsal won the silver medal in the youth category and the bronze medal in the senior category at the 2010 Archery European Indoor Championships held in Poreč, Croatia.[3][5] At the 2010 European Archery Championships held in Rovereto, Italy, Ünsal became the bronze medalist.[9] She won a gold medal in the team event of the 2010 European Junior Cu, which took place in Reggio Calabria, Italy.[2][6]
