Iryna Shchukla Çiçek (born Ukrainian: Ірина Щукла; 13 October 1995) is a fencer who competes in the sabre event. Born in Ukraine, she represented her country in her youth years. After emigration, she competes for Turkey at international competitions.
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| Full name | Iryna Shchukla Çiçek | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Ukrainian: Ірина Щукла 13 October 1995 Podolsk, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Sabre | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Spor Toto SK | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport career
editUkraine
editShchukla started her sport career by studying at Netishyn Fencing School, from where she graduated in 2013.[1][2]
She won the silver medal in the girls' sabre team event with the Team I at th e 2010 Ukrainian Juniors Open Fencing Championships in Mykolaiv.[3] In November 2013, she took the bronze medal in the junior women's sabre individual event at the 2014–15 Fencing World Cup's leg in Dormagen, Germany.[4] At the U23 European Fencing Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2014, she received the bronze medal in the women's U23 sabre individual event.[1][5][6] The same year, she became champion in the individual event at the Junior World Sabre Fencing Cup in Sosnowiec, Poland.[1] In October 2014, she reached to a bronze medal at the 2014–15 Fencing World Cup (Tournoi satellite, Bursa), Turkey. In 2015, she became Ukrainian junior women's champion in sabre.[7] At the XII Ukrainian University Games of 2015 in Lviv, she took the bronze medal.[2] She competed at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, but failed to advance from 1/8 round.[8]
Turkey
editAfter compşeting her university education, Shchukla emigrated to Turkey, and joined the fencing club in Adıyaman, southeastern Anatolia.[9]
In 2016, she became champion at the Turkish Open Seniors Sabre Tournament.[9] At the U23 European Fencing Championships 2017, she ranked fifth in the individual event,[10] while she and her team won the gold medal.[11][12] The same year, she became Turkish champion at the Turkish Seniors Fencing Championships.[13] In 2018, she received the bronze medal at the U23 European Championships in Yerevan, Armenia [14][15][16] The same year at the 21st Flemish Open Fencing Championships in Ghent, Belgium, she won the silver medal in the individual event.[17][18] At the 2019 Fencing World Cup's Satellite Plovdiv leg in Bulgaria, she became bronze medalist.[19][20] She won the gold medal at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[21]
Personal life
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 "Подолянка Ірина Щукла стала кращою серед юніорок світу" [Iryna Shchukla from Podolyan became the best among juniors in the world]. NGP (in Ukrainian). 3 November 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "ХІІ ЛІТНЯ УНІВЕРСІАДА УКРАЇНИ 2015 РОКУ. ФЕХТУВАННЯ" [XII Summer University of Ukraine in 2015 Fencing] (in Ukrainian). Хмельницький національний університет. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Хмельницькі фехтувальники здобули ще три срібла на юніорському чемпіонаті" [Khmelnytskyi fencers won three more silver medals at the junior championship]. Всім (in Ukrainian). 22 March 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Две бронзы завоевали украинские саблисты на юниорском этапе КМ" [Ukrainian sabers won two bronze medals at the junior stage of the WC] (in Ukrainian). ГЛАВКОМ. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Украинка выиграла бронзовую медаль молодежного чемпионата Европы по фехтованию" [The Ukrainian won the bronze medal of the European Youth Fencing Championship]. кореспондент (in Ukrainian). 27 June 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Latest results - Results of U23 European Championships - U23 EC Individual Female - Sabre - Georgia - Tbilisi". European Gencing Confederation. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "Нетішинська шаблістка стала чемпіонкою України" [The saber player from Netishyn became the champion of Ukraine]. ye2 (in Ukrainian). 18 March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Ірина Щукла – краща з українок-шаблісток на Універсіаді" [Iryna Shchukla is the best Ukrainian saber athlete at the Universiade]. ye (in Ukrainian). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Büyükler Türkiye Şampiyonası tle=Büyükler Açık Turnuva - Büyük Bayanlar Kılıç" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Eskrim Federasyonu. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Latest results - Results of European Championships U23 - U23 EC Individual Female - Sabre - Belarus - Minsk". European Fencing Confederation. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Milli eskrimci Irina Shchukla: Ukrayna güçlüdür". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Latest results - Results of European Championships U23 - U23 EC Team Female - Sabre - Belarus - Minsk". European Fencing Confederation. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Büyükler Türkiye Şampiyonası - Bayan Kılıç" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Eskrim Federasyonu. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Iryna Shchukla'dan bronz madalya". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 17 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Latest results - Results of U23 European Championships - U23 EC Individual Female - Sabre - Armenia - Yerevan". European Fencing Confederation. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- 1 2 "European U23 Championships 2018 - U-23 Women's Saber Competitions List" (PDF). FIE. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Iryna'dan gümüş madalya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Eskrim Federasyonu. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "=Sabel Dames_Eindrangschikking - Résultats : liste d résultats" (PDF) (in French). nahouw. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Iryna Shchukla'dan bronz madalya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Eskrim Federasyonu. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Bulgaristan'da bir bronz da Iryna'dan geldi". Haberler (in Turkish). 22 September 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Iryna Shchukla Konya'da şampiyon!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Eskrim Federasyonu. Retrieved 27 April 2026.