Yasemin Can
 Yasemin Can at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Vivian Jemutai | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Turkey | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
December 11, 1996 Kenya | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Long-distance | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Enkaspor | |||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Carol Santa | |||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 10,000 m: 30:26.41 (2016) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yasemin Can (born Vivian Jemutai on December 11, 1996) is a European champion Turkish female long distance runner of Kenyan origin competing in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events.[1][2][3][4][5][6] She is a member of Enkaspor in Istanbul.[7]
She never competed for Kenya in professional races. On March 13, 2016, she became officially eligible to represent Turkey at international competitions.[3]
Career
Can earned a quota spot for the women's 5000 m event in the 2016 Summer Olympics running 15:08.46 in the Turkish Indoor Championships in Istanbul.[5] She secured another quota spot for 10000 m event running 31:30.58 at the Turkish Championships in Mersin. She set a new European under-23 record with her time.[8]
She took part at the Golden Gala in Rome, Italy of 2016 IAAF Diamond League, and placed the 6th rank in the 5,000 m event with 14:37.61, setting the best time of the year for an African-born athlete now representing a European nation.[9]
Can won the gold medal in the women's 10,000 m event at the 2016 European Athletics Championships held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Finishing at 31:12.86, she improved her own European under-23 record by 18 seconds, she had set at the Turkish Championships in Mersin on May 1, 2016.[10] Can won her second gold medal in the 5,000 m event at the same championship.[11]
At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, she was a finalist in the fastest 10.000m race in the history. She placed 7 while recording a Personal Best time of 30:26:41. [12] If Can would have been 3 weeks younger, this would have been a Juniors (U20) World Record.[13]
References
- ↑ "Yasemin Can". All Athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ "Yasemin Can". IAAF. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- 1 2 "Eligibility – transfer of allegiance )Transfers that have taken place as at 29 March 2016)" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ "Yasemin Can". IAAF Diamond League. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- 1 2 "Ataköy'de ilk gün 4 rekor". Atletizm Dünyası (in Turkish). 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ "Yasemin Can". European Athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ "Yasemin Can" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpik Komitesi. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ "Milli Atletler Meryem Akda, Yasemin Can ve Polat Kemboi Arıkan'dan Büyük Başarı". Habercisiz (in Turkish). 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ "Yasemin Can 5000 metrede Avrupa'nın lideri" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ "Yasemin Can wins Women's 10000m gold at 2016 European Athletics Championships". Daily Sabah. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
- ↑ "Yasemin Can'dan tarihi duble!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2016-07-10. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- ↑ "Yasemin Can PB in Rio". Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ↑ "World Under 20 Records IAAF". Retrieved 2016-08-15.
External links
Yasemin Can profile at IAAF