Emel Dereli

Dereli in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Turkey
Born	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 28) Zonguldak, Turkey
Sport
Sport	Shot put
Club	Fenerbahçe Athletics
Coached by	İhsan Özden
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	18.57 m Shot put (2016) 20.14 m Shot put 3 kg (2013)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Turkey European Championships 2016 Amsterdam Shot put European Team Championships 2017 Lille Shot put 2013 Gateshead Shot put Balkan Indoor Championships 2020 Istanbul shot put World Junior Championships 2014 Oregon Shot put

Emel Dereli (born 25 February 1996) is a Turkish female track and field athlete competing in shot put and occasionally in discus throw. For the shot put event, she holds a world record in the cadets^[1] and a national record in the juniors^[2] category. Since 2012, she is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics.^[3] She is coached by İhsan Özden.^[4]

Career

Dereli was born in Zonguldak, where she is a student at Vocational High School for Commerce in Zonguldak. She began shot put in 2008, and two years later she was called up for the Turkey national team. She won more than fifty medals at national and international competitions in different age categories.^[4]

Dereli took the gold medal in the under 23 category at the 2013 European Cup Winter Throwing held in Castellón, Spain.^[5]

She won the gold medal and set a championship record in the shot put 3 kg event at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Donetsk, Ukraine. She is the second ever shot putter in the world exceeding the 20 m mark in the cadets category.^[6]

At the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships in Rieti, Italy, she won the gold medal and set a new national record for with 18.04 m.^[7]

Dereli won the bronze in the shot put event at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[8]

International competitions