Şeref Osmanoğlu
Sheryf El-Sheryf during the 2011 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1989-01-02) 2 January 1989
Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryUkraine (until May 2013)
Turkey (since May 2013)
Event(s)Triple jump, Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best17.72 m
Medal record
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2012 HelsinkiTriple jump

Şeref Osmanoğlu (born Sheryf El-Sheryf; 2 January 1989 in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Turkish and former Ukrainian (until May 2013) athlete who competes in the triple jump and occasionally long jump.

Career

He won gold medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships with a leap of 17.72m, bettering his personal best by 80 cm.[1] In 2012, he won the silver medal in the triple jump at the European Athletics Championships.[2]

He has a Ukrainian mother while his father, a doctor, is from Sudan.[3][4][5] He changed his allegiance to Turkey in 2013, also changing his name to Şeref Osmanoğlu.[6] The Turkish federation paid $152,000 to the Ukrainian federation for the transfer.[7]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ukraine
2005 World Youth Championships Marrakech, Morocco 5th Triple jump 16.18 m
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 5th Triple jump 16.09 m (-0.2 m/s)
2007 European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 7th Triple jump 15.93 m
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 25th (q) Long jump 6.94 m (-0.4 m/s)
9th Triple jump 15.43 m (-1.3 m/s)
2011 European Team Championships Super League Stockholm, Sweden 9th Long jump 7.68 m
European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 1st Triple jump 17.72 m (+1.3 m/s)
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 12th Triple jump 16.38 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 12th (q) Triple jump 16.25 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd Triple jump 17.28 m (w)
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 13th (q) Triple jump 16.60 m
Representing  Turkey
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 6th Triple jump 16.55 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Triple jump NM

References

  1. ↑ "Sheryf El-Sheryf astonishes in triple jump with 17.72 gold-medal performance". European Athletics. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Robert Harting adds Euro gold". Associated Press. June 30, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Athletics: Idowu in the dark as El-Sheryf looms". athlenergy.com. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  4. ↑ (in Russian) Легкая атлетика. Веское слово Шерифа , Sport Express (19 July 2011)
  5. ↑ (in Russian) Легкая атлетика. Шериф Эль-Шериф: "Переломным в карьере стал переезд в Днепропетровск", Sport Express (21 July 2011)
  6. ↑ IAAF Transfers of Allegiance 2014
  7. ↑ Глава Федерации легкой атлетики: "На базы в Крым ехать унизительно"
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