Yasemin Can

Yasemin Can (born Vivian Jemutai on December 11, 1996) is a European champion Kenyan female long distance runner representing Turkey competing in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events.[2][3][4][5][6][7] She is a member of Enkaspor in Istanbul.[8]

Yasemin Can

Can at the 2017 European Indoor Championships
Personal information
Birth name	Vivian Jemutai
Nationality	Kenya  Turkey
Born	(1996-12-11) December 11, 1996 Kenya
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Sport	Long-distance
Club	Enkaspor
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5,000 m: 14:36.82 (2017) 10,000 m: 30:26.41 (2016)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Turkey European Championships 2018 Berlin 5,000 m 2016 Amsterdam 10,000 m 2016 Amsterdam 5,000 m European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade 3000 m European U23 Championships 2017 Bydgoszcz 10,000 m 2017 Bydgoszcz 5,000 m

She never competed for Kenya in professional races. On March 13, 2016, she became officially eligible to represent Turkey at international competitions.[4]

Career

Can earned a quota spot for the women's 5000 m event in the 2016 Summer Olympics running 15:08.46 in the Turkish Indoor Championships in Istanbul.[6] She secured another quota spot for 10000 m event running 31:30.58 at the Turkish Championships in Mersin. She set a new European under-23 record with her time.[9]

She took part at the Golden Gala in Rome, Italy of 2016 IAAF Diamond League, and placed the 6th rank in the 5,000 m event with 14:37.61, setting the best time of the year for an African-born athlete now representing a European nation.[10]

Can won the gold medal in the women's 10,000 m event at the 2016 European Athletics Championships held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Finishing at 31:12.86, she improved her own European under-23 record by 18 seconds, she had set at the Turkish Championships in Mersin on May 1, 2016.[11] Can won her second gold medal in the 5,000 m event at the same championship.[12]

At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, she was a finalist in the fastest 10.000m race in the history. She placed 7 while recording a Personal Best time of 30:26:41.[13] If Can would have been 3 weeks younger, this would have been a Juniors (U20) World Record.[14]

On 5 March 2017 Can won a silver medal in the 3000m at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade behind Laura Muir.

Can won the gold medal in the women's 10,000 m event at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Finishing at 31:39.80. Can won her second gold medal in the 5,000 m event at the same championship.

References

1. Rio 2016 bio
2. "Yasemin Can". All Athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
3. "Yasemin Can". IAAF. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
4. "Eligibility – transfer of allegiance )Transfers that have taken place as at 29 March 2016)" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
5. "Yasemin Can". IAAF Diamond League. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
6. "Ataköy'de ilk gün 4 rekor". Atletizm Dünyası (in Turkish). 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
7. "Yasemin Can". European Athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
8. "Yasemin Can" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpik Komitesi. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
9. "Milli Atletler Meryem Akda, Yasemin Can ve Polat Kemboi Arıkan'dan Büyük Başarı". Habercisiz (in Turkish). 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
10. "Yasemin Can 5000 metrede Avrupa'nın lideri" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
11. "Yasemin Can wins Women's 10000m gold at 2016 European Athletics Championships". Daily Sabah. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
12. "Yasemin Can'dan tarihi duble!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2016-07-10. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
13. "Yasemin Can PB in Rio". Retrieved 2016-08-15.
14. "World Under 20 Records IAAF". Retrieved 2016-08-15.

External links

Yasemin Can at World Athletics