Özlem Becerek

Not to be confused with Özlem Becerikli, Turkish Paralympic powerlifter.

Özlem Becerek

File:5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Athletics Women discus throw medal ceremony 20220810-1 (cropped).jpg Özlem Becerek at the medal ceremony of the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games (2022)
Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 Uşak, Turkey
Alma mater	Aydın Adnan Menderes University
Sport
Sport	Discus throw
Club	Fenerbahçe Athletics
Medal record Women's Discus throw Representing Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Discus throw Mediterranean Games Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran Discus throw Balkan Athletics Championships Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraljevo Discus throw Bronze medal – third place 2021 Smederevo Discus throw Gold medal – first place 2020 Cluj-Napoca Discus throw Gold medal – first place 2019 Pravets Discus throw European Athletics Team Championships Gold medal – first place 2021 Cluj-Napoca Discus throw European Athletics U23 Championships Silver medal – second place 2023 Espoo Discus throw European Throwing Cup Gold medal – first place 2024 Leiria Discus throw U23 Gold medal – first place 2021 Split Discus throw U23 Youth Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires Discus throw European Youth Olympic Festival Bronze medal – third place 2019 Baku Discus throw European Athletics U20 Championships Silver medal – second place 2019 Borås Discus throw European Athletics U18 Championships Bronze medal – third place 2018 Győr Discus throw

Özlem Becerek (born 22 April 2002) is a Turkish discus thrower.

Sports career

Already at her age of 14, Becerek became Turkish youth champion. She is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics. In 2018, she took one bronze medal at the European Athletics U18 Championships held in Győr, Hungary, and another bronze mwsal at the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received the bronze medal at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden, she won the silver medal. The same year, she won the gold medal at the 2019 Balkan Athletics Championships in Pravets, Bulgaria. In 2020, she took the gold medal at the 2020 Balkan Athletics Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. At the 2021 European Throwing Cup in Split, Croatia, Becerek won the gold medal in the U23 category, and improved her own national U20 record from 58.09 m set in 2020 to 58.80 m. the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She took the bronze medal at the 2021 Balkan Athletics Championships in Smederevo, Serbia. She captured the gold medal at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, and set a new Games record with 54.91 m. She placed seventh at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China. She won the bronze medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, and set a new national U23 record with 61.96 m. She was unable to qualify for the finals at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany. In 2023, she became gold medalist at the Balkan Athletics Championships in Kraljevo, Serbia. At the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, she received the silver medal. Becerek became champion in the U23 category of the 2024 European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal.

Personal life

Özlem Bececerek was born in Uşak, Turkey on 22 April 2002. After completing her secondary education at the Fatih Middle School, and then at the 50th Anniversary Multi-Program High School in her hometown, she attended Aydın Adnan Menderes University to study Coaching.