Deniz Ertan

Deniz Ertan
Ertan in 2022
Personal information
Born (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 (age 20)
Height163
Weight54
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, individual medley
College team
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Turkey
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Belgrade 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Belgrade 800 m freestyle
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 400 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 200 m individual medley
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 4×100 m medley

Deniz Ertan (born 1 January 2004)[1] is a Turkish swimmer specialized in freestyle swimming. She qualified for the 800 m freestyle event of the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also came thirrd in the 800 m freestyle at the European Aquatics Championships on 18 June 2024. She is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming.[2][1]

While living in Ankara, Turkey, Ertan attended TED Ankara College.[3] She won the bronze medal in the 200m individual medley event at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3][4] After graduating in 2022,[5] her collegiate swimming career began at Georgia Tech, swimming under head coach Courtney Shealy Hart.[6] From September 2023, she started swimming for coach Bob Bowman at Arizona State .

She won the bronze medal with 8:34.31 in the 800 m freestyle event at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on 18 June 2024.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Deniz Ertan" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ Demirci, Cihan (21 February 2021). "Milli yüzücü Deniz Ertan 800 metre serbestte olimpiyat A barajını geçti". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Yüzmede Bronz Madalya!" (in Turkish). TED Ankara Koleji. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ Kırmızıoğlu, Doğa (26 July 2019). "Türk sporculardan Bakü'de 6 madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. ^ "91. Yıl Mezunlarımızı Görkemli Bir Törenle Uğurladık" (in Turkish). TED Ankara Koleji. 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Deniz Ertan". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Deniz Ertan, Avrupa üçüncüsü oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.