Fatma Uruk
Turkish world record holder female free-diver
Fatma Uruk
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Born |
1988 (age
34
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35)
İzmir
, Turkey
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Nationality | Turkish |
Education | Economics |
Alma mater | Middle East Technical University |
Occupation | Free-diver |
Fatma Uruk (born in 1988) is a Turkish world record holder female free-diver and school teacher. [1] [2] [3]
Early life
Fatma Uruk was born in İzmir , Turkey in 1988. Between 2006 and 2013, she was educated in Economics at Middle East Technical University in Ankara . [1]
Sports career
She began with freediving after she watched a documentary about the Turkish world-record holder female freediver Yasemin Dalkılıç . In 2008, she felt herself ready for competitions, and participated in the Turkish championship. She won the third place, and was admitted to the national team. [1]
By September 2020, while she was training for a world record freediving in Mexico , she set a new national record in the Constant Weight (CWT) with Fins event with 60 m (200 ft) . The old record was 50 m (160 ft) . [2] By November the same year, she broke three world records in three days in Mexico. She set a world record in variable weight apnea without fins at sea (VNF) with 72 m (236 ft) . The old record was held by Derya Can at 70 m (230 ft) . [3] The next day, she broke the world record in the Constant Weight (CWT) with Fins event with 67 m (220 ft) , which belonged to Olga Chernyavskaya from Russia at 65 m (213 ft) . [1] [3] Finally, she improved her own record in the VNF event to 77 m (253 ft) . [3]
World records
- VNF 72 m (236 ft) – 2020
- VNF 77 m (253 ft) – 2020
- CWT 67 m (220 ft) – 2020
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Fatma Uruk kimdir, kaç yaşında ve nereli? Dünya rekoru kıran Fatma Uruk'un hayatı ve biyografisi" . Hürrşyet (in Turkish). 19 November 2020 . Retrieved 31 May 2021 .
- 1 2 "Milli dalışçı Fatma Uruk, Meksika'da şampiyon oldu ve Türkiye rekorunu kırdı" . Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 21 September 2020 . Retrieved 31 May 2021 .
- 1 2 3 4 Ademoğlu, Yalçın (20 November 2020). "Milli serbest dalışçı Fatma Uruk'tan 3 günde 3 dünya rekoru" . Euronews (in Turkish) . Retrieved 31 May 2021 .