Neslihan Arın

Neslihan Arın (née Yiğit; born February 26, 1994) is a Turkish badminton player. The tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. She won the women's singles title at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games, 2013, 2018 Mediterranean Games and the women's doubles title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Arın also won the bronze medals at the 2015 European Games and at the 2021 and 2022 European Championships.
Career
Neslihan Arın became silver medalist in singles and doubles at the U17 European Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to semi finals in singles, won the girls' doubles title, and became the runner-up in the mixed doubles.
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 28th place in the women's doubles world ranking list as of 20 August 2015 with Özge Bayrak. In the singles event, she reached a career-high of world number 34th in the world list on 1 October 2019. Arın ranked 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. In June 2013, she won double gold medals in the women's singles and doubles event at the Mersin Mediterranean Games.
In 2021, Arın reached the quarter-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open,losing out to the eventual champion Carolina Marín. She won the bronze medal at the European Championships, defeated by the defending champion Marín in the semi-finals in straight games.
Arın was drawn in group A along with top seed and eventual champion Chen Yufei at the Tokyo Olympics, against whom she lost 14–21, 9–21. She won her other group game against Doha Hany 21–5, 21–5.
Arın reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 Hylo Open. After beating Aakarshi Kashyap and Kristin Kuuba in the first two rounds, it was the eventual champion Busanan Ongbamrungphan who stopped her in the quarters.
Arın made it to the quarter-finals at the 2021 Indonesia Masters She defeated 6th seed Michelle Li, and Marija Ulitina in straight games on the way. In the quarter-finals, She was stopped by P. V. Sindhu.
Achievements
European Games
Women's doubles
European Championships
Women's singles
Islamic Solidarity Games
Women's singles
Mediterranean Games
Women's singles
Women's doubles
European University Games
Women's singles
European University Championships
Women's singles
Women's doubles
European Junior Championships
Girls' singles
BWF International Challenge/Series (28 titles, 30 runners-up)
Women's singles
Women's doubles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
References
External links
Living people
1994 births
Sportspeople from Bursa
Turkish female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for Turkey
Badminton players at the 2015 European Games
Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
Badminton players at the 2023 European Games
European Games bronze medalists for Turkey
European Games medalists in badminton
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
Mediterranean Games medalists in badminton
Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey
20th-century Turkish sportswomen
21st-century Turkish sportswomen