Ersu Şaşma

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.[1] He was coached by Halil İbrahim Çömlekçi who died in January 2021.[2][3]

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.[4] He won the bronze medal at the 2018 Balkan Athletics Championships in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.[5]

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.[6]

In 2020, Şaşma captured the gold medal at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.[2]

He won his second gold medal at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in 2021.[7] 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.[1][8] 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. ^ a b "Ersu Şaşma" (in Turkish). Türk Sporu. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b 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.