Elif Şahin

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NationalityTurkish
Born (2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 25)
Ankara, Turkey
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Elif Şahin
Elif Şahin in 2025
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 25)
Ankara, Turkey
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 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
FIVB World Championship
Silver medal – second place2025 ThailandTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2023 Belgium/Estonia/Germany/ItalyTeam
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place2023 ArlingtonTeam

Elif Şahin (born 19 January 2001) is a Turkish Volleyball player. She is 1.84 m (6 ft 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 is 1.84 m (6 ft 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 2017-19 season.[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

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 medal 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] She participated in the 2024 Paris Olympics with the Turkish national team.

Personal life

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 plays for Zeren S.K and the Turkish National team.[10][11][8]

Honours

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