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Şimal Yılmaz
Şimal Yılmaz (born 21 June 2003) is a Turkish sport shooter who competes in the 10-metre (33 ft) air pistol event. She has won three silver medals at European level by competing in the European 10-metre Events Championship, and holds the Turkish record in the 10-metre air pistol. CareerŞimal Yılmaz's father built her a shooting range in the living room of their home in Antalya, Turkey.[1] She was coached by Tayfun Salim Kır,[1] and won a bronze and a silver medal in the youth category of the Turkish championships.[1] Yilmaz won the silver medal with Yasemin Beyza Yılmaz and İlayda Nur Çürük in the junior 10-metre (33 ft) air pistol team event at the 2021 European Championship in Osijek, Croatia.[2] She won the silver medal in the junior 10-metre air pistol event at the 2022 European Championships in Hamar, Norway.[3] Yilmaz attended Çankaya University in Ankara, Turkey, and competed in the 10-metre air pistol event at the Intercollegiate Shooting Turkish Championships. In 2022 at Sakarya, she won the silver medal and in 2023 at Trabzon, she was placed fifth.[4] At the fifth stage of the 2023 ISSF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, Yilmaz won the bronze medal in the mixed team 10-metre air pistol event with İsmail Keleş.[5] At the H&N Cup in Munich, Germany, in January 2024, Yilmaz set a new Turkish record in the 10-metre air pistol event with 579 points.[6] She finished the competition and won the gold medal with 241.5 points.[7] She won the silver medal at the 2024 European 10-metre Events Championships in Győr, Hungary, and secured a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8][9] Personal lifeŞimal Yılmaz was born in Antalya, Turkey, on 21 June 2003.[1][10][11] After graduating from high school, she attended Çankaya University in Ankara to study political science and international relations at the university's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.[4] See alsoReferences
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