Göksu Üçtaş

Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı ([ˈɟœcsu ˈytʃtaʃ]; born August 30, 1990 in Şahinbey, Gaziantep Province, Turkey) is a Turkish female artistic gymnast. She is coached by Mergül Güler. She graduated 2011 as a teacher of physical education and sports from the Abant Izzet Baysal University in Bolu Province.

Göksu Üçtas was meant to perform at the 2008 summer Olympic Games but failed to do so due to a severe neck injury which could have stopped her gymnastics career. She won the silver medal in the vault event at the 2009 Mediterranean Games held in Pescara, Italy. In 2010, Üçtaş won the bronze medal in the floor exercise event at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup A held in Doha, Qatar. At the World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics-Grand Prix Ostrava 2010 in the Czech Republic, she won gold medal in the floor exercise, silver medal in the balance beam and silver medal in the vault event.

She qualified to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics as the first ever Olympic gymnast from Turkey. Due to an injury suffered during a training prior to the Olympics, she could compete in the balance beam event only. With 11.333 points, with a d-score of 3.3 and an e-score of 8.033, Üçtaş ranked 77th, and did not advance to the final.

In January 2013, she announced her retirement from active sports due to her long-lasting injury on her left elbow. She told she is going to return to her hometown Gaziantep, where she plans to open a gymnastics school. On August 14, 2013, she married gymnast Özgün Şanlı in İzmir.

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