Sena Can (born 10 November 2001) is a Turkish

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, who competes in the skeet event. She was a national record holder. She qualified to participate at the

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Sport career

Can started sport shooting in 2016 with the encouragement and support of her father, who is a hunter. In the beginning, she was a member of Osmangazi Belediye Sports Club in her hometown. Currently, she is coached by Ali Rıza Bilgin, and is a member of Bilgin Shooting Club in

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. She won several medals at Republic Cup and Federation Cup in skeet events. She won the gold medal in the Junior women's category at the 2019 Republic Cup in Konay, and set a new national record with 114 points. The same year, she became Turkish champion, and was selected to the national shooting team. She took part at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships in Lonato del Garda, Italy competing in the Juniors category, and at the 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. She took part at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in

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, Algier, placing at ninth rank. She won the gold medal at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey. She set a new Turkish record with 121 hits while competing in the women's team event at the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in

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, Azerbaijan. She advanced to the finals with her teammates Nur Banu Balkancı and Çiğdem Özyaman Özenir, and placed seventh. She secured so a quota at the

. She competed at the Shooting at the 2023 European Games in

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, Poland in the

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and

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events without a success.

Personal life

Sena Can was born in

Osmangazi Osmangazi is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 621 km2, and its population is 891,250 (2022). It is one of the central metropolitan districts of the city of Bursa, as well as the fourth largest overall muni ...

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on 10 November 2001. She has a sister.

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Sena Can
at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Can, Senae 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Osmangazi Sportspeople from Bursa Turkish female sport shooters Skeet shooters 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games European Games competitors for Turkey ISSF rifle shooters Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Turkey