Buğra Selimzade (born 9 November 1988 in

Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...

), is a Turkish

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who competes in the

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event. He is a member of the national team.

Personal life

Buğra Selimzade, was born in

, Turkey on 9 November 1988. He lives in Trabzon. He studied Economy in the university.

Early years

Selimzade developed a passion for shooting with shotgun while he was still in primary school in Trabzon. During his high school years, he tried pistol and rifle shooting. Then, he got interested in air pistol shooting, and bought himself an air pistol financed by a bank credit of his father. His sport shooting career started in 2018. After one year of exercise with his coach Murat Örgün, he successfully took part at national championships. He became eligible to be selected for the national team when he scored 574 points in 60 shots at the Turkish championship in March 2019. As the shooting range, he used to attend, closed during the

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, he installed a

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at home to continue with exercising. He was a member of Nişantaşı Shooting Club before he transferred to Parla Akademi Sport Club and the Hunting Club of Trabzon.

International career

Selimzade mostly competes in 10m air pistol team events. He exercises shooting seven days a week, at home if he cannot go to the shooting range.

2022

He was admitted to the national team in 2022. In October 2022, he competed with his teammates,

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and

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, in the 10m air pistol team event at the

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held in

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, Egypt. The Turkish team lost the bronze medal match and ranked fourth. In the individual event, he ranked seventh.

2023

Selimzade won the gold medal with his teammates, Dikeç and Keleş, in the 10m air pistol team event at the second leg of the

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, Indonesia. He and his teammates, Dikeç and Keleş, captured the gold medal at the 2023 European 10 m Events Championships in

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, Estonia. Selimzade won the silver medal in the 10m air pistol team event with his teammates, Dikeç and Keleş, at the

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, Poland.

2024

At the third leg of the 2024 ISSF World Cup in

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, Spain, he took the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol event. Selimzade and his teammates, Dikeç and Keleş, won the silver medal at the

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, Hungary.

2025

He won the gold medal with his teammates,

and

, in the 10m air pistol trio event at the

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in Osijek, Croatia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Selimzade, Bugra 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Trabzon Turkish male sport shooters 21st-century Turkish sportsmen ISSF pistol shooters European Games medalists in shooting European Games silver medalists for Turkey Shooters at the 2023 European Games