Sema Aydemir (born 17 August 1985) is a Turkish female sprinter, who is specializes in the

400m hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ar ...

event. The tall athlete at is a member of

Enkaspor 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 ...

, where she is coached by Tayfun Aygün. In her early years she competed in the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...

event. Sema Apak qualified for participation in the

4 × 400 m relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smalles ...

event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Her personal best time in the 400m hurdles is 56.62 scored 2012 in Ankara, Turkey. She is married to Olympic bronze medalist

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consist ...

Eşref Apak Eşref Apak (born 3 January 1982 in Kalecik, Ankara) is a Turkish hammer thrower. Apak was a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics in Istanbul then transferred to Enkaspor, where he was coached by Artun Talay. The tall athlete at was a student of ...

. The couple has a son named Ali. They divorced in 2016 by agreement. At the

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held in

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, she won a gold medal in the 4x100 event with teammates Saliha Özyurt,

Birsen Engin Birsen is a common feminine Turkish given name. It is also used as a surname, and less commonly a masculine given name. The name is produced by using two Turkish words: Bir and Sen. In Turkish, "Bir" means "One", and "Sen" means "You". Thus, "Birs ...

and Nimet Karakuş, a silver medal in the 4x400 event with teammates

Özge Akın Özge Akın (née Gürler, born June 17, 1985) is a Turkish sprinter competing in the 400 m events. She is the current Turkish record holder of the 400 m hurdles events. Following her marriage to her coach, her surname changed to Akın, althoug ...

and

Esma Aydemir Esma Aydemir (born January 1, 1992, in Karakeçili, Kırıkkale Province, Turkey) is a Turkish middle distance and long-distance runner competing mostly in the 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m and marathon events. She began with running in K ...

as well as a bronze medal in the long jump event.

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* 1985 births Sportspeople from Bursa Living people Turkish female heptathletes Turkish female sprinters Turkish female hurdlers Enkaspor athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Turkey Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Survivor Turkey contestants Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey 20th-century Turkish sportswomen 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub