Özlem Becerek
Turkish discus thrower
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Özlem Becerek (born 22 April 2002) is a Turkish discus thrower.
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Personal life
Sports career
Already at her age of 14, Becerek became Turkish youth champion.[1] She is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics.[2]
In 2018, she took one bronze medal at the European Athletics U18 Championships held in Győr, Hungary,[4] and another bronze mwsal at the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[5]
She received the bronze medal at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan.[6] At the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden, she won the silver medal.[7] The same year, she won the gold medal at the 2019 Balkan Athletics Championships in Pravets, Bulgaria.[8]
In 2020, she took the gold medal at the 2020 Balkan Athletics Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[9]
At the 2021 European Throwing Cup in Split, Croatia, Becerek won the gold medal in the U23 category,[10] and improved her own national U20 record from 58.09 m set in 2020 to 58.80 m.[11] the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[12] She took the bronze medal at the 2021 Balkan Athletics Championships in Smederevo, Serbia.[13]
She captured the gold medal at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, and set a new Games record with 54.91 m.[14] She placed seventh at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China.
She won the bronze medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria,[15] and set a new national U23 record with 61.96 m.[16] She was unable to qualify for the finals at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany.[17]
In 2023, she became gold medalist at the Balkan Athletics Championships in Kraljevo, Serbia.[18] At the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, she received the silver medal.[19]
Becerek became champion in the U23 category of the 2024 European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal.[20][3]
She won the bronze medal in the discus throw event with 56.59 m at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, Slovenia, and contributed to her team's record with 14 points.[21]
Özlem Becerek won the gold medal in the women's discus throw at the FISU 2025 Summer World University Games, held in the Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany. Becerek secured first place with a throw of 61.15 metres, bringing pride to Turkey with her performance.[22]
