Şeref Osmanoğlu
 Sheryf El-Sheryf during the 2011 World Championships | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Born | 2 January 1989 Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Country | Ukraine (until May 2013) Turkey (since May 2013) | ||||||||
| Event(s) | Triple jump, Long jump | ||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||
| Personal best | 17.72 m | ||||||||
Medal record
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Şeref Osmanoğlu (born Sheryf El-Sheryf; 2 January 1989 in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Turkish and former Ukrainian (until May 2013) athlete who competes in the triple jump and occasionally long jump.
Career
He won gold medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships with a leap of 17.72m, bettering his personal best by 80 cm.[1] In 2012, he won the silver medal in the triple jump at the European Athletics Championships.[2]
He has a Ukrainian mother while his father, a doctor, is from Sudan.[3][4][5] He changed his allegiance to Turkey in 2013, also changing his name to Şeref Osmanoğlu.[6] The Turkish federation paid $152,000 to the Ukrainian federation for the transfer.[7]
Competition record
References
- ^ "Sheryf El-Sheryf astonishes in triple jump with 17.72 gold-medal performance". European Athletics. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ "Robert Harting adds Euro gold". Associated Press. June 30, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ "Athletics: Idowu in the dark as El-Sheryf looms". athlenergy.com. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ (in Russian) Легкая атлетика. Веское слово Шерифа , Sport Express (19 July 2011)
- ^ (in Russian) Легкая атлетика. Шериф Эль-Шериф: "Переломным в карьере стал переезд в Днепропетровск", Sport Express (21 July 2011)
- ^ IAAF Transfers of Allegiance 2014
- ^ Глава Федерации легкой атлетики: "На базы в Крым ехать унизительно"
External links
European Athletics U23 Championships champions in men's triple jump | |
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Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Simferopol
- Ukrainian male triple jumpers
- Ukrainian male long jumpers
- Turkish male triple jumpers
- Turkish male long jumpers
- Ukrainian people of Sudanese descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Ukraine
- Olympic athletes for Turkey
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Ukrainian emigrants to Turkey
- Naturalized citizens of Turkey
- Olympic male triple jumpers
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen