Zehra Duru Bilgin (born 27 April 2002) is a Turkish

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who specializes in

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of 100 m and 200 m events.She holds a number of national record in various styles and events. She takes part at the

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in Paris, France.

Sport career

Bilgin is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming in Istanbul. During her college time at

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, she competes for the Brown Bears swimming and diving team. Bilgin competed in the freestyle relay event at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

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, South Korea. She won the bronze medal together with Ela Naz Özdemir,

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and

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in the freestyle relay event at the

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, Serbia. She was qualified to represent her country at the

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, France together with her teammates Ela Naz Özdemir,

and

within the first 16 teams with 8:05.21 in the Women's freestyle relay event of the

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, Qatar.

National records

*SCM: Short course (25 meter) *LCM Long course (50 meter)

Personal life

Zehra Duru Bilgin was born on 27 April 2002. She completed her secondary education at the French high school

Lycée Saint-Joseph, Istanbul Lycée Saint-Joseph () is a private high school located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is a French school founded in 1870. Classes are taught in Turkish, French, and English. Fenerbahçe S.K. was formed by students of this high school. History This ...

in 2021. She studies at

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, United States.

References

External links

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at the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bilgin, Zehra 2002 births Living people Swimmers from Istanbul St. Joseph High School Istanbul alumni Brown University alumni Turkish female freestyle swimmers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Fenerbahçe swimmers Brown Bears women's swimmers Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Turkey