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Saliha Şahin
Saliha Şahin (born 5 November 1998) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb) and plays in the Outside Hitter position. She last played for Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in Istanbul. She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team. Club careerSaliha Şahin is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb), and plays in the Outside Hitter position.[1] She started her sport career in the academy of Karayolları SK in her hometown Ankara in 2015.[2] In 2018, she transferred to the Istanbul-based Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, formerly Eczacıbaşı Vitra.[1] She was loaned out to her former club for the 2018–19 season.[2] In 2019, she won the Spor Toto Champions Cup with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.[1] She took part at the 2019 FIVB Club World Championship in Shaoxing, China, where she won the silver medal.[1] In the 2019–20 season, she was laoned out to Sarıyer Bld. SK.[2] She experienced her club's champion title at the 2020–21 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup. She won also the 2021–22 Women's CEV Cup.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Antalya, Turkey.[3] On 22 May 2023, she announced that she left Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, where she played for four years.[4] She was loaned out to the Polish club KPS Chemik Police to play in the 2023–24 season Tauron Liga.[5][6] International careerSaliha won the gold medal with the Turkey U-17 team at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan.[6] She played for the Turkey U-19 team to play at the 2016 U19 European Championship in Nitra, Slovakia, where she took the bronze medal.[7] She played in the Turkey U-20 team, which placed fourth at the 2017 FIVB U20 World Championship in Mexico.[1][8] She was part of the Turkey U-23 team, which became champion at the 2017 FIVB U23 World Championship in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[1][9] Şahin became a member of the Turkey national team. She won the silver medal at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Nanjing, China.[1] She played in the bronze medalist team at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain. At the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Ankara, Turkey, her team placed fourth.[10] She was part of the national team, which placed eight at the 2022 FIVB World Championship in Poland and the Netherlands.[11] She won the gold medal at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in Arlington, Texas, United States.[12] Personal lifeSaliha Şahin was born in Ankara, Turkey on 5 November 1998.[1][13] She has two sisters. Her two-years younger sister Elif is also a professional volleyball player in the Setter position playing in the same club.[13][5] HonoursClubEczacıbaşı Dynavit
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