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Turkish pole vaulter (born 1999)

Ersu Şaşma
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 25)
Mersin, Turkey
Sport
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
ClubFenerbahçe Athletics
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 2018: 5.20 m (U20) NR,
  • 2019: 5.41 m Indoor (U23) NR,
  • 2023; 5.90 m NR,
  • 2022: 5.80 m Indoor NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome Pole vault
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran Pole vault
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cluj-Napoca Pole vault
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Sandnes Indoor Pole vault
Balkan Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Istanbul Indoor Pole vault
Gold medal – first place 2020 Istanbul Indoor Pole vault
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Stara Zagora Pole vault

Ersu Şaşma (born 30 September 1999) is a Turkish pole vaulter.

Ersu Şaşma was born on 30 September 1999 in Mersin, southern Turkey. He is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics. He was coached by Halil İbrahim Çömlekçi who died in January 2021.

Şaşma improved his own record for juniors (U20) from 5.13 m to 5.20 m at the Olympic Trials Competition in Mersin in May 2018. He won the bronze medal at the 2018 Balkan Athletics Championships in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

At the First League of the 2019 European Athletics Team Championships in Sandnes, Norway, he took the bronze medal, and improved the national record in the Indoor U23 category about 1 cm to 5.41 m.

In 2020, Şaşma captured the gold medal at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.

He won his second gold medal at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in 2021. He broke a new national record by jumping 5.80 m at the 3rd Orhan Altan Cup in Ankara by June 2021, and obtained so a quota for the 2020 Summer Olympics. In July, he won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships with 5.60 m; the same mark as Sondre Guttormsen.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Turkey
2016 European Youth Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 14th (q) 4.55 m
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 20th (q) 5.00 m
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 13th (q) 5.10 m
Balkan Championships Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 3rd 5.00 m
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden – NM
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 5th 5.70 m
Balkan Championships Smederevo, Serbia 2nd 5.50 m
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 3rd 5.60 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 10th 5.70 m
2022 Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 1st 5.75 m
World Championships Eugene, United States 8th 5.80 m
Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 1st 5.60 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 19th (q) 5.50 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 11th (q) 5.55 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 12th 5.55 m
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 10th 5.50 m
European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd 5.82 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 5th 5.85 m

References

  1. ^ "Ersu Şaşma" (in Turkish). Türk Sporu. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ Kaçar, Murat (21 February 2020). "Balkan Şampiyonası'nda kazanılan 2 altın madalya Bursa'dan". Yeni Dönem (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. TRT news feed dated 18th January 2021 (Turkish) Accessed on 13 April 2022
  4. "Şaşma'dan yeni sırık rekoru: 5.20" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. "Balkan Atletizm Şampiyonası'nda 19 madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. "Avrupa Takımlar Şampiyonası'nda Milliler 245 puanla beşinci sırada". Fanatik (in Turkish). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. Kaçar, Murat (21 February 2020). "Balkan Şampiyonası'nda kazanılan 2 altın madalya Bursa'dan". TRT Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. "Milli atlet Ersu Şaşma olimpiyat kotası aldı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

External links

Mediterranean Games champions in men's pole vault
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