Neslihan Yiğit
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Neslihan Yiğit
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| Country |
 Turkey
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| Born |
February 26, 1994 Bursa, Turkey |
| Height | 178 cm (5.84 ft) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | Çağatay Taşdemir |
| Women's singles & doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 35 (WS) September 13, 2012 39 (WD) January 15, 2015 |
| Current ranking | 65 (WS) 39 (WD) |
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Medal record
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| BWF profile | |
Neslihan Yiğit (born February 26, 1994) is a Turkish badminton player. The 178 cm (5.84 ft) tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.
Neslihan Yiğit became silver medalist in singles (WS) and doubles (WD) at the U17 European Team Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to bronze medal in WS, gold medal in WD and silver in mixed doubles (XD).
She competed at various international tournaments in singles and doubles with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011-2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to the 37th place in the world ranking list as of April 19, 2012. In the doubles event, she ranks 41st in the world list together with Özge Bayrak. Neslihan ranks 7th in the World Juniors list.
She qualified as the first ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics.
She won the gold medal in the singles event and the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.
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