Evin Demir (born 16 February 2001) is a Turkish

race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

specialising in the

5000 m The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stand ...

and

10,000 m The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

events. She is a native of

Sancaktepe Sancaktepe is a district in the suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located ma ...

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, Turkey. She was a member of Sancaktepe Spo, before she was transferred by

Enka SK Enkaspor ( tr, Enka Spor Kulübü) is a multi-sports club established in 1983 in Istanbul, Turkey by the Turkish construction conglomerate Enka Construction Co. Enkaspor's main activities are in athletics, water polo, tennis and swimming with 3 ...

Sports career

In 2018, Demir competed in the 5,000 m race walk event of the

2018 European Athletics U18 Championships The 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships was the second edition of the biennial, continental athletics competition for European athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held in Győr, Hungary from 5 to 8 July at the Olympic Sport Park. Me ...

in Győr, Hungary placing fourth. she took part at the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

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. She placed sixth in the 5,000 m race walk event. 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. She won the silver medal in the 10 km event's U20 category of the

2019 European Race Walking Cup The 2019 European Race Walking Cup took place on 19 May, 2019. The races were held on a 1 km lap around the city centre in Alytus, Lithuania. It was the last edition to be held under the name European Race Walking Cup before being renamed to ...

held in Alytus, Lithuania, behind her countrywoman

Meryem Bekmez Meryem Bekmez (born 31 July 2000) is a Turkish race walker specialising in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She is a native of Diyarbakır, Turkey. She was a member of the municipality-owned club of Kayapınar, before she was transferred by E ...

. In 2019, she became silver medalist in the 10,000 m event at the European U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden, again behind Bekmez.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Demir, Evin Living people 2001 births Sportspeople from Istanbul Turkish female racewalkers Enkaspor athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Turkey