Şerif Osmanoğlu (born Sheryf El-Sheryf; 2 January 1989) is a Turkish and former Ukrainian (until May 2013) athlete who competes in the triple jump and occasionally long jump.
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. Легкая атлетика. Веское слово Шерифа , Sport Express (19 July 2011) Легкая атлетика. Шериф Эль-Шериф: "Переломным в карьере стал переезд в Днепропетровск", Sport Express (21 July 2011) He changed his allegiance to Turkey in 2013, also changing his name to Şeref Osmanoğlu.IAAF Transfers of Allegiance 2014 The Turkish federation paid $152,000 to the Ukrainian federation for the transfer.Глава Федерации легкой атлетики: "На базы в Крым ехать унизительно"
Competition record Representing 2005World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco5thTriple jump16.18 m2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China5thTriple jump16.09 m (-0.2 m/s)2007European Junior ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania7thTriple jump15.93 m2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland25th (q)Long jump6.94 m (-0.4 m/s)9thTriple jump15.43 m (-1.3 m/s)2011European Team Championships Super LeagueStockholm, Sweden9thLong jump7.68 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic1stTriple jump17.72 m (+1.3 m/s)World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea12thTriple jump16.38 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey12th (q)Triple jump16.25 mEuropean ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland2ndTriple jump17.28 m (w)Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom13th (q)Triple jump16.60 mRepresenting 2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands6thTriple jump16.55 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil –Triple jumpNM
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