Ersu Şaşma (born 30 September 1999) is a Turkish pole vaulter.
Personal life Ersu Şaşma was born on 30 September 1999 in Mersin, southern Turkey.
Sport career He is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics. He was coached by Halil İbrahim Çömlekçi who died in January 2021.TRT news feed dated 18 January 2021 (Turkish) Accessed on 13 April 2022
Şaşma improved his own record for juniors (U20) from 5.13 m to 5.20 m at the Olympic Trials Competition in Mersin in May 2018. He won the bronze medal at the 2018 Balkan Athletics Championships in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
At the First League of the 2019 European Athletics Team Championships in Sandnes, Norway, he took the bronze medal, and improved the national record in the Indoor U23 category about 1 cm to 5.41 m.
In 2020, Şaşma captured the gold medal at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
He won his second gold medal at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in 2021. He broke a new national record by jumping 5.80 m at the 3rd Orhan Altan Cup in Ankara by June 2021, and obtained so a quota for the 2020 Summer Olympics. In July, he won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships with 5.60 m; the same mark as Sondre Guttormsen.
He took the silver medal in the pole vault event with 5.50 m at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, Slovenia. He contributed to his team's record with 15 points.
In July 2025, Ersu Şaşma competed at the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) in Berlin, Germany. He broke the Turkish national record in pole vault by clearing 5.92 metres, surpassing his previous record of 5.90 metres, and finished first in the event.
Competition record Representing 2016European Youth ChampionshipsTbilisi, Georgia14th (q)4.55 m2017European U20 ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy20th (q)5.00 m2018World U20 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland13th (q)5.10 mBalkan ChampionshipsStara Zagora, Bulgaria3rd5.00 m2019European U23 ChampionshipsGävle, Sweden –NMEuropean Team Championships 1st DivisionSandnes, Norway3rd5.41 m2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland5th5.70 mEuropean Team Championships 1st DivisionCluj-Napoca, Romania1st5.65 mBalkan ChampionshipsSmederevo, Serbia2nd5.50 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia3rd5.60 mOlympic GamesTokyo, Japan10th5.70 m2022Mediterranean GamesOran, Algeria1st5.75 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States8th5.80 mIslamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey1st5.60 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany19th (q)5.50 m2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey11th (q)5.55 mWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary12th5.55 m2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom10th5.50 mEuropean ChampionshipsRome, Italy3rd5.82 mOlympic GamesParis, France5th5.85 m2025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands –NMWorld Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China6th5.80 mEuropean Team Championships 2nd DivisionMaribor, Slovenia2nd5.50 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan11th (q)5.75 m12026European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom –NMMediterranean GamesTaranto, Italy2nd5.70 m 1No mark in the final
References
External links
Ersu Sasma at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)