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Birth name | Vivian Jemutai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Kenyan Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nairobi, Kenya | 11 December 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 49 kg (108 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Enkaspor (Istanbul)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 5000 m: 14:36.82 (2017) 10,000 m: 30:26.41 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yasemin Can (born Vivian Jemutai on 11 December 1996[3]) is a Kenyan female long distance runner representing Turkey who specialises in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.[4][5][6][7] She is the reigning 10,000 m European champion.[8] Can is a six-time European Championship medalist, including three gold medals and the 5000 m/10,000 m double in 2016, and a four-time European Cross Country champion.
She competed for Kenya before 13 March 2016, when she officially became eligible to represent Turkey at international competitions.[9][10] Can is the Turkish record holder for the half marathon, and the Turkish indoor record holder for the 3000 m and 5000 m. She is a two-time Turkish champion.
Career
Can earned a quota spot for the women's 5000 m event in the 2016 Rio Olympics running 15:08.46 at the Turkish Indoor Championships in Istanbul.[6] She secured another quota spot for the 10,000 m event running 31:30.58 at the Turkish Championships in Mersin. She set a new European under-23 record with her time.[11]
She took part at the Golden Gala leg of 2016 IAAF Diamond League in Rome, Italy, and placing sixth in the 5000 m in a time of 14:37.61.[12]
Can won the gold medal in the women's 10,000 m at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her time of 31:12.86 improved her own European U23 record by 18 seconds.[13] She won her second gold medal in the 5000 m at the same championship.[14]
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she was a finalist in the fastest 10,000 m race in the history, placing seventh with a personal best time of 30:26.41.[15]
On 5 March 2017, Can won a silver medal in the 3000 m at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade behind Laura Muir.[3]
Can won gold medals in the women's 10,000 m and 5000 m at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[3]
In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[16]
On 15 August 2022, Can won the gold medal and regained her European 10,000 m title at Munich 2022, finishing in a time of 30:32.57.[8] She placed second in the 5000 m behind Konstanze Klosterhalfen and ahead of Eilish McColgan three days later.[3]
Achievements
International competitions
1Did not finish in the final
Personal bests
- 3000 metres indoor – 8:43.46 (Belgrade 2017) NR
- 5000 metres – 14:36.82 (Rome 2017)
- 10,000 metres – 30:26.41 (Rio de Janeiro 2016)
- Road
- 5 km – 15:23 (Herzogenaurach 2021) NB
- 10 km – 32:01 (Chon Buri 2020)
- Half marathon – 1:06:20 (Gdynia 2020) NR
National titles
- Turkish Athletics Championships
- 10,000 metres: 2016
- Turkish Indoor Athletics Championships
- 5000 metres: 2016
References
- ^ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Yasemin Can" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpik Komitesi. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Yasemin CAN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Yasemin Can". IAAF. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "Yasemin Can". IAAF Diamond League. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Ataköy'de ilk gün 4 rekor". Atletizm Dünyası (in Turkish). 20 February 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "Yasemin Can". European Athletics. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Former champion Can regains her 10,000m title with masterful surge in Munich". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Bloom, Ben (7 July 2016). "Seven Kenyans, two Jamaicans and a Cuban competing for Turkey". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Eligibility – transfer of allegiance )Transfers that have taken place as at 29 March 2016)" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "Milli Atletler Meryem Akda, Yasemin Can ve Polat Kemboi Arıkan'dan Büyük Başarı". Habercisiz (in Turkish). 1 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "Yasemin Can 5000 metrede Avrupa'nın lideri" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "Yasemin Can wins Women's 10000m gold at 2016 European Athletics Championships". Daily Sabah. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ "Yasemin Can'dan tarihi duble!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Yasemin Can PB in Rio". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
External links
- Yasemin Can at World Athletics
- Yasemin Can at Diamond League
- Yasemin Can at ARRS
- Yasemin Can at Olympics.com
- Yasemin Can at Olympedia
- Yasemin Can at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Yasemin Can at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)