Halime Eke (born 1999) is a Turkish

Muay Thai Muay Thai or Muaythai (, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, the Art of Eight Limbs or the Science of Eight Limbs, is a Thai martial art and full-contact combat sport that uses stand-up striking, sweeps, and various clinch fighting, cl ...

practitioner competing in the 67 kg and 671 kg division. She is a European champion. In the early years of her career, she competed in

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Personal life

Halime Eke was born in 1999. She is native of

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

, Turkey.

Sport career

In the early years of her sport career, she performed kickboxing. Eke won the silver medal in the 67 kg division at the 2023 FIMA Senior World Championships held in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

, Thailand. She took the silver medal in the Elite Senior 71 kg event at the 2024 IFMA World Muaythai Championships in

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, Greece. At the 2024 European Championships in

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, Kosovo, she won the gold medal in the 67 kg division.

References

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