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Birth name | Sema Aydemir | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Sema Aydemir | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bursa, Turkey | 17 August 1985||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Enkaspor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Tayfun Aygün | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 400m hurdles: 56.62 (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sema Aydemir (born 17 August 1985) is a Turkish female sprinter, who is specializes in the 400m hurdles event. The 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) tall athlete at 54 kg (119 lb) is a member of Enkaspor, where she is coached by Tayfun Aygün.[1][2]
In her early years she competed in the heptathlon event. Sema Apak qualified for participation in the 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]
Her personal best time in the 400m hurdles is 56.62 scored 2012 in Ankara, Turkey.[3]
She is married to Olympic bronze medalist hammer thrower Eşref Apak. The couple has a son named Ali.[4] They divorced in 2016 by agreement.[5]
At the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia, she won a gold medal in the 4x100 event with teammates Saliha Özyurt, Birsen Engin and Nimet Karakuş, a silver medal in the 4x400 event with teammates Özge Akın, Birsen Engin and Esma Aydemir as well as a bronze medal in the long jump event.[6]