Elif Şahin (born 19 January 2001) is a Turkish

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player. She is tall at and plays in the Setter position. She plays for Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in

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. She is a member of the

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Club career

Elif Şahin is tall at , and plays in the Setter position. She started her sport career in the academy of Karayolları SK in her hometown

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in the 2017–18 season. She won the Turkish runner-up title with the youth team in the 2017-19 season. She joined

-based Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in the 2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League. The same season, she won the 2020 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup. She took the bronze medal at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in

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, Turkey.

International career

Şahin was admitted to the Turkey women's national U-18 team. She was part of the team, which placed fourth at the 2017 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship in Argentina. The next year, she played at the 2018 Women's U19 European Championship in Albania with the Turkey women's U-19 team, which finished fourth. She took the silver medal with the U-19 team at the 2018 Balkan Volleyball Championship Women's U19. She is a member of the Turkey national team. She was part of the national team, which placed fourth at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in

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, China. Her team finished the

2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the 19th staging of the FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the (FIVB). The Netherlands and Poland were dual hosts f ...

held in

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and the

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on place eight. She became gold medalist at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in

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, United States. She participated in the

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with the Turkish national team.

Personal life

Elif Şahin was born in Ankara, Turkey on 19 January 2001. She has two sisters. Her two-years older sister

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is also a professional volleyball player in the Outside Hitter position, who plays for Besiktas.

Honours

Individual

;

FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship The FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship is an international women's club volleyball competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' (FIVB), the sport's global sports governing body, governing body. The compe ...

: Best Setter:

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Club

Karayolları SK

; Turkish Junior Women Vollayball League : 2018

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit

;

Turkish Women's Volleyball League Sultanlar Ligi (''Sultans League''), known for sponsorship reasons as Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and began with the 1984–85 season. 14 ...

: 2021–22 :

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Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup The Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup (), is a national cup for professional women's volleyball in Turkey, organized by the Turkish Volleyball Federation since the 1994-95 season. Between 2003 and 2008, the event was not held five consecutive season ...

: 2020–21 : 2021–22 ; Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup : 2020 : 2021–22 ; AXA Sigorta Champions Cup : 2020 ;

CEV Women's Champions League The Women's CEV Champions League, formerly known as CEV Champions Cup (from 1960 to 2000), is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by the Confédération Européenne de V ...

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Women's CEV Cup The Women's CEV Cup, formerly known as CEV Cup Winners' Cup (from 1972 to 2000) and CEV Top Teams Cup (from 2000 to 2007), is the second-top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized b ...

: 2021–22

International

; Balkan Women's U19 Volleyball Championship : 2018 ;

FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The first tournament took place between May a ...

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Women's European Volleyball Championship The Women's European Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). The initial gap between championships was variable, but si ...

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References

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Elif Sahin
at the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahin, Elif 2001 births Living people Volleyball players from Ankara Turkish women's volleyball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkey women's international volleyball players Eczacıbaşı Dynavit players Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Turkey