# İlke Özyüksel

İlke Özyüksel Mihrioğlu (born 26 February 1997) is a Turkish Olympian modern pentathlete. She won the bronze medal in the women's individual event at the 2022 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Alexandria, Egypt.

## Private life

İlke Özyüksel was born to a retired worker father and a school counselor mother in Ankara on 26 February 1997. Her mother had lost her sight at the age of 15 due to ocular hypertension. Despite her visual impairment, she finished her higher education as the highest-ranked student.
İlke became very sick two weeks after her birth. In the beginning, it was thought that she had cancer. However, a Turkish physician working in the United States, who was in Turkey for a three-day conference, diagnosed her with Infantile hemangioma, which can be fatal if not treated. She underwent a laser therapy, and could get her health again. She was operated five times on vascular disease.
She graduated from Ankara University's Department of Physical Education.
Her father died from cancer by mid 2019.

## Sports career

At the age of only nine, Özyüksel became champion at the World Championships for Cadets. In 2014, she decided to quit pentathlon upon suggestions of her coach. However, the Federation insisted in her career, and sent her for training to Hungary, where she stayed eleven months. After she broke a world record there, she became unwelcome by the Hungarian coach, and had to return home ahead of schedule. After her return, the Federation set up a 10-member team including a psychologist, a dietitian, a masseur and a physician, to prepare her for the Olympics. She trained eight hours a day for four and half months.
She won the gold medal at the UIPM 2015 Youth "A" World Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the same competition, she set two world records for youth, in overall with 1,065 points and in combined with a time of 11:55.00 and 585 points. She earned a quota spot at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is the first ever Olympic modern pentathlon participant from Turkey. At the 2017 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus, she took the bronze medal. In the Stage 4 of 2017 World Cup held in Drzonków, Poland, she won the bronze medal, and set a world record for juniors in combined with a time of 11:57.53 and 583 points. Özyüksel captured the gold medal at the 2018 Modern Pentathlon Junior European Championships held in El Prat de Llobregat, Spain. She broke the world record with a total of 1,376 points competing in the five events of fencing, swimming, riding and shootin events. She set world records in the running and the shooting events at the 2019 European Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Bath, United Kingdom.
In 2019, she received the "Mustafa V. Koç Sports Award" worth of ₺ 250,000 (approx. USD 47,000). The prize was established jointly by the Koç Holding and the Turkish Olympic Committee in commemoration of the late Mustafa Vehbi Koç (1960–2016).
A short movie focusing on her life and career named 'Ilke' is released in 2019.
Özyüksel participated at the Tokyo Olympics and finished fifth.
She is a member of Altınordu Sports Club.

## Results

Source:

### Olympic Games

Rank Event Year Location Result
5 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2021 Tokyo, JPN 1350 pts
34 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 978 pts
Youth Olympic Games
Rank Event Year Location Result
5 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2014 Nanjing, CHN 1024 pts

### UIPM World Championships

Rank Event Year Location Result
3 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2022 Alexandria, EGY 1405 pts
6 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2024 Zhengzhou, CHN 1396 pts
7 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2023 Bath, GBR 1400 pts
10 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2019 Budapest, HUN 1317 pts
10 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2018 Mexico City, MEX 1297 pts
10 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2017 Cairo, EGY 1249 pts
30 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2021 Cairo, EGY 1229 pts
32 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2015 Berlin, GER 966 pts
35 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2016 Moscow, RUS 984 pts

### World Cup Final

Rank Event Year Location Result
2 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2023 Ankara, TUR 1374 pts
3 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2024 Ankara, TUR 1400 pts
11 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2022 Ankara, TUR 1341 pts
17 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2019 Tokyo, JPN 1300 pts
19 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2016 Sarasota, FL, USA 1278 pts
22 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2021 Szekesfehervar, HUN 1322 pts
35 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2018 Astana, KAZ 454 pts

### World Cup

Rank Event Year Location Result
2 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2019 Szekesfehervar, HUN 1394 pts
2 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2017 Cairo, EGY 1326 pts
3 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2022 Albena, BUL 1385 pts
3 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2018 Cairo, EGY 1325 pts
3 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2017 Drzonkow, POL 1341 pts
4 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2020 Cairo, EGY 1342 pts
5 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2024 Budapest, HUN 1401 pts
5 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 1307 pts
6 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2022 Ankara, TUR 1360 pts
6 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2018 Sofia, BUL 1336 pts
6 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2017 Los Angeles, CA, USA 1307 pts
8 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2023 Budapest, HUN 1393 pts
8 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2021 Sofia, BUL 1330 pts
10 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2024 Cairo, EGY 1378 pts
10 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2019 Prague, CZE 1339 pts
12 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2016 Rome, ITA 1332 pts
13 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2018 Los Angeles, CA, USA 1291 pts
13 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2017 Kecskemet, HUN 1295 pts
16 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2021 Budapest, HUN 1313 pts
21 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2019 Sofia, BUL 1276 pts
23 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2019 Cairo, EGY 1270 pts
28 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2016 Cairo, EGY 1245 pts
33 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2015 Kecskemet, HUN 988 pts
34 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2015 Cairo, EGY 973 pts
36 Women's Individual Pentathlon 2021 Sofia, BUL 707 pts

### World Cup - Best Achievement

Year Individual
2024 1 x 5th
2023 1 x 8th
2022 1 x 3rd
2021 1 x 8th
2020 1 x 4th
2019 1 x 2nd
2018 1 x 3rd
2017 1 x 2nd
2016 1 x 5th
2015 1 x 33rd
Note:Results in Non-Olympic events are not included in the above section.

### Award

Giants of Sports Awards Athlete of the Year (2020).
Mustafa Vehbi Koc Sports Award (2019).

### Family

Husband, Harun Mihrioglu.

### Education

Physical Education at Ankara University (TUR) and International Relations at Anadolu University (TUR). She has also received a Master's degree in Sport Management from Gazi University (TUR).

### Occupation

Athlete, teacher.

### Club

Istanbul Karaburun Su ve Doga SK (TUR).
Coach:Fencing: Harun Mihrioglu, her husband.