Ersu Şaşma (born 30 September 1999) is a Turkish

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er. Ersu Şaşma was born on 30 September 1999 in

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, southern Turkey. He is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics. He was coached by Halil İbrahim Çömlekçi who died in January 2021.TRT news feed dated 18th January 2021
(Turkish) Accessed on 13 April 2022 Şaşma improved his own record for juniors (U20) from 5.13 m to 5.20 m at the Olympic Trials Competition in Mersin in May 2018. He won the bronze medal at the

2018 Balkan Athletics Championships The 2018 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 73rd edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at Beroe Stadium in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria on 20 and 21 July. It was t ...

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, Bulgaria. At the First League of the

2019 European Athletics Team Championships The 2019 European Athletics Team Championships (ETC) in athletics were held in four cities from 9–11 August 2019. Grouping and host cities Grouping Exceptionally, for this 2019 edition, the following relegation and promotion principles were ...

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, Norway, he took the bronze medal, and improved the national record in the Indoor U23 category about 1 cm to 5.41 m. In 2020, Şaşma captured the gold medal at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in

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, Turkey. He won his second gold medal at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in 2021. He broke a new national record by jumping 5.80 m at the 3rd Orhan Altan Cup in

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by June 2021, and obtained so a quota for the

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. In July, he won the bronze medal at the

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with 5.60 m; the same mark as

Sondre Guttormsen Sondre Guttormsen (born 1 June 1999) is a Norwegian athlete specialising in the pole vault. He is a European Indoor Championships gold and bronze medallist. Guttormsen won the gold medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships and the bronze ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sasma, Ersu 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Mersin Turkish male pole vaulters Fenerbahçe athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Turkey Olympic male pole vaulters Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey European Games competitors for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics