Nisanur Erbil
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| Born | 22 April 2003 Samsun, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sabre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nisanur Erbil (born 22 April 2003) is a Turkish fencer competing in the sabre event.[1] She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]
2018
In the beginning, Erbil was interested in playing volleyball.[3] She was discovered for fencing by a talent scout at age 13 in the school in Samsun.[4] She switched over to fencing because she wanted to perform a sport for individuals.[3] At her age of 14, she went alone to Ankara, and was admitted to the national fencing team three months later.[4]
In 2018, Erbil participated at the Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She lost the first match in the Round of 16.[5]
She competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, did not advance, however, to the quarter-finals.[5]
She won the bronze medal with her teammates in the cadet category and another bronze medal in the cadet individual event at the 2018 European Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships in Sochi, Russia.[6]
2019
She won the silver medal at the 2019 FIE Junior Women’s Sabre World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[7]
At the 2019 European Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships in Foggia, Italy, she captured the gold medal in the cadet category.[5][8]
2020
At the 2020 FIE World Cup in Segovia, Spain, she won the silver medal.[9][10]
2021
She captured the silver medal at the 2021 World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt.[4][11]
2022
She won the silver medal at the 2022 European Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships in Novis Sad, Serbia.[12]
2023
At the 2023 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, she took the bronze medal.[13]
She received the bronze medal at the 2023 Junior Women Sabre World Cup in Segovia, Spain.[14][15]
Career
2023
She competed unsuccessfully at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland.[16]
At the 2023 World Fencing Championships in Milan, Italy, she did not advance further from the Round of 32.[17]
2024
She won the silver medal at the 2024 Fencing Grand Prix - Sabre in Tunis, Tunisia.[18][19] She became so the first ever Turkish fencer to win a World Cup medal, and rose to number 21 in the world ranking list for senior women.[20]
She took the silver medal at the European Fencing Olympic Qualification Tournament in Differdange, Luxembourg.[21] She qualified to represent Turkey in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France.[2]