Evin Demir

Not to be confused with Evin Demirhan.

Evin Demir (born 16 February 2001) is a Turkish race walker specialising in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events.^[1] She is a native of Sancaktepe in Istanbul.^[2][3] She was a member of Sancaktepe Spo,^[3] before she was transferred by Enka SK.^[4]

Evin Demir

Demir in 2018
Personal information
Born	(2001-02-16) 16 February 2001 (age 24) Sancaktepe, Istanbul, Turkey
Sport
Sport	Race walk
Club	Enka SK
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Turkey European U20 Championships 2019 Borås 10,000 m race walk European Race Walking Cup 2019 Alytus 10 km race walk (U20)

Sports career

In 2018, Demir competed in the 5,000 m race walk event of the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, Hungary placing fourth.^[5] she took part at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[6] She placed sixth in the 5,000 m race walk event.^[1]

At the 2019 Balkan Race Walking Championships in Alexandroupoli, Greece, Demir captured the gold medal in the 10 km race walk event's U20 category.^[7] She won the silver medal in the 10 km event's U20 category of the 2019 European Race Walking Cup held in Alytus, Lithuania, behind her countrywoman Meryem Bekmez.^[8] In 2019, she became silver medalist in the 10,000 m event at the European U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden, again behind Bekmez.^[9]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
Representing  Turkey
2018	European U18 Championships	Győr, Hungary	4th	5,000 m race walk	24:27.19	[5]
	Summer Youth Olympics	Buenos Aires, Argentina	6th	5,000 m race walk	23:25.54	[1]
2019	Balkan Race Walking Championships	Alexandroupoli, Greece	1st	10 km race walk (U20)	45:54	[7]
	European Race Walking Cup	Alytus, Lithuania	2nd	10 km race walk (U20)	46:49	[8]
	European U20 Championships	Borås, Sweden	2nd	10,000 m race walk	46:38.68	[9]