Emel Dereli (born 25 February 1996) is a Turkish female track and field athlete competing in shot put and occasionally in discus throw. For the shot put event, she holds a world record in the cadets and a national record in the juniors category. Since 2012, she is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics. She is coached by İhsan Özden.
Career Dereli was born in Zonguldak, where she is a student at Vocational High School for Commerce in Zonguldak. She began shot put in 2008, and two years later she was called up for the Turkey national team. She won more than fifty medals at national and international competitions in different age categories.
Dereli took the gold medal in the under 23 category at the 2013 European Cup Winter Throwing held in Castellón, Spain.
She won the gold medal and set a championship record in the shot put 3 kg event at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Donetsk, Ukraine. She is the second ever shot putter in the world exceeding the 20 m mark in the cadets category.
At the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships in Rieti, Italy, she won the gold medal and set a new national record for with 18.04 m.
Dereli won the bronze in the shot put event at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
She won the gold medal in the shot put event with 16.23 m at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, Slovenia, and contributed to her team's record with 16 points.
International competitions 2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey17thShot put16.02 mEuropean Cup Winter ThrowingBar, Montenegro3rdShot put (U23)16.87 m World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain8thShot put15.86 m2013European Cup Winter ThrowingCastellón, Spain1stShot put (U23)16.78 mWorld Youth ChampionshipsDonetsk, Ukraine1stShot put(3 kg)20.14 m European Junior ChampionshipsRieti, Italy1stShot put18.04 m European Team Championships Super LeagueGateshead, United Kingdom3rdShot put17.50 m12thDiscus throw37.72 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia26th (q)Shot put16.60 m2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon, United States3rdShot put16.55 m2015European Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Sweden1stShot put18.40 m 2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands3rdShot put18.22 m 2017European Team ChampionshipsLille, France1stShot put17.97 m 2020 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd Shot put 17.77 m2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland11th (q)Shot put17.83 mOlympic GamesTokyo, Japan16th (q)Shot put17.81 m2022Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey1stShot put 17.25 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany21st (q)Shot put16.56 m2023World University GamesChengdu, China4thShot put16.85 m2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy11thShot put17.52 mOlympic GamesParis, France24th (q)Shot put17.02 m2025European Tea Championships 2nd Div.Maribor, Slovenia1stShot put16.23 mIslamic Solidarity GamesRiyadh, Saudi Arabia1stShot put16.09 m
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