Young national swimmer Berra Nur Yılmaz achieved impressive results while representing Turkey at the Central European Countries Junior Meet held in Kranj, Slovenia. Yılmaz became the European champion in the women’s 100m freestyle with a time of 00:59.37. The young athlete also claimed the European runner-up title in the women’s 200m freestyle, finishing with a time of 02:05.84.
A 9th-grade student at Tarabya British School, Berra Nur Yılmaz earned valuable points for Turkey by becoming the European champion in the women’s 100m freestyle with her 00:59.37 finish at the Central European Countries Junior Meet held on 25–26 November in Slovenia. The young swimmer also secured the European runner-up position in the women’s 200m freestyle with a time of 02:05.84.
Berra Nur Yılmaz, who began swimming at the age of four, won her first gold medal at the age of six. She now smiles as she recalls trying to bite the medal back then to check whether it was real gold. Berra says she draws strength from that very first gold medal before every race. She has won medals in all freestyle women’s events she has competed in and, with her record-breaking performances, earned a place on the Turkish National Team.
Expressing her deep passion for swimming, Berra Nur Yılmaz emphasizes that she has reached this point thanks to her family’s support, and she attributes her success to never losing her determination. With more than 100 medals to her name, our young national swimmer dreams of becoming a world champion and breaking records at the Olympics to make the Turkish national anthem resonate around the world.