Turkish and former Ukrainian athlete (born 1989)

Şeref Osmanoğlu (born Sheryf El-Sheryf; 2 January 1989 in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Turkish and former Ukrainian (until May 2013) athlete who competes in the triple jump and occasionally long jump.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Compe*ion record
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

He won gold medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships with a leap of 17.72m, bettering his personal best by 80:cm. In 2012, he won the silver medal in the triple jump at the European Athletics Championships.

He has a Ukrainian mother while his father, a doctor, is from Sudan. He changed his allegiance to Turkey in 2013, also changing his name to Şeref Osmanoğlu. The Turkish federation paid $152,000 to the Ukrainian federation for the transfer.

Compe*ion record

References

External links

• Şeref Osmanoğlu at World Athletics