Neslihan Demir

Neslihan Demir (born 9 December 1983) is a former[2] Turkish volleyball star. She is one of the most successful athletes of Turkey and has been among FIVB Heroes. She represented her country as the flag-bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations and the official advertisement face of Turkey for the 2020 Summer Olympics candidateship along with basketballer Hedo Türkoğlu. Her position is opposite-hitter and she has won a lot of personal awards in international tournaments. She studied at Gazi University.[3]

Neslihan Demir
Personal information
Full nameNeslihan Demir Güler
NicknameThe Iron Lady
NationalityTurkish
Born (1983-12-09) December 9, 1983
Eskişehir, Turkey
HometownEskişehir, Turkey
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)[1]
Spike315 cm (124 in)
Block306 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite/Outside-Spiker
Current clubGalatasaray
Number17
Career
YearsTeams
1998–2002
2002–2006
2006–2008
2008–2010
2010–2017
2017–2018		Yeşilyurt
VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta
CV Tenerife
VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta
Eczacıbaşı VitrA
Galatasaray
National team
1997–2016Turkey
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  Turkey
World Grand Prix
2012 Ningbo Team
European Championships
2003 TurkeyTeam
2011 Italy/SerbiaTeam
European League
2009 KayseriTeam
2011 IstanbulTeam
2010 AnkaraTeam
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almeria Team
2009 Pescara Team
2013 Mersin Team

Career

She played for the Yeşilyurt, VakıfBank Türk Telekom and Spar Tenerife Marichal.

She played over 100 times for the national team.

At age 19, Demir was the leading player in the Turkish team that won the silver medal at the EC 2003 in Turkey making her a star in her home country and in the volleyball scene.

In 2007/08 Demir took a break from volleyball to become a mother.

Playing with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom at the CEV Indesit Champions League, she won the "Best Scorer" award.[4]

She was named Sportsperson of Year in 2003 & 2004 by Newspaper Sabah and in 2006 by Newspaper Milliyet. She was awarded Best Scorer at the 2006 World Championship and 2010 World Championship[5]

Demir was selected as FIVB Hero by FIVB in May 2012.[6] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was selected to be the at the flagbearer of her home country.[7]

Demir won the Best Spiker individual award during the 2013–14 CEV Champions League Final Four held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[8] There her team lost the semifinal to VakıfBank İstanbul[9] and the Bronze Medal match to Rabita Baku.[10]

Personal life

Neslihan Demir married Orkun Darnel, captain of the Galatasaray Swimming team, on 16 July 2006.[11] The couple have a daughter named Zeynep Penelope.[12] Orkun Darnel became manager of Galatasaray Daikin women's volleyball team after playing water polo at the same club for twenty years.[13] The couple announced their divorce in March 2013.[14][15]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

National team

Clubs

See also

References

[16]

  1. Neslihan Demir's profile on her official website Archived 3 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. https://www.instavolley.com/neslihan-demir-announces-this-is-my-last-year-playing-in-professional-volleyball/
  3. "Voleybol Kafilesi Listesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Universiade 2005 Izmir. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  4. FIVB. "Portuondo named best spiker in CEV Indesit Champions League". Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  5. FIVB. "Russia repeat as world champions". Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  6. Balkan Volleyball Association (4 May 2012). "FIVB's Heroine: Neslihan Demir!". Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  7. Staff (20 July 2012). "Bayrağı Neslihan taşıyacak" [Neslihan Carries the Flag] (in Turkish). TRT Spor. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  8. "Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  9. "VakifBank to defend its Champions League title in Sunday's final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  10. "Bronze consolation for Rabita at home Final Four". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  11. "Filenin Sultanı Neslihan Evlendi". Haber Vitrini (in Turkish). 17 July 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  12. "Neslihan Darnel ailecek Londra'da". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 27 July 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  13. "Herkes begenebilir ama o benim karım". Haber 61 (in Turkish). 15 December 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  14. "Neslihan ve Orkun Darnel çifti boşandı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 27 March 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  15. Günday, Selahattin (29 March 2013). "İşte Neslihan'ın boşanma nedeni". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  16. "Neslihan Demir Kimdir". Haberedelim. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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