Neslihan Yiğit

Neslihan Yiğit (born February 26, 1994) is a Turkish badminton player. The 178 cm (5.84 ft) tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.
Neslihan Yiğit became silver medalist in singles (WS) and doubles (WD) at the U17 European Team Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to bronze medal in WS, gold medal in WD and silver in mixed doubles (XD).
She competed at various international tournaments in singles and doubles with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011-2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to the 37th place in the world ranking list as of April 19, 2012. In the doubles event, she ranks 41st in the world list together with Özge Bayrak. Neslihan ranks 7th in the World Juniors list.
She qualified as the first ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics.
She won the gold medal in the singles event and the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.

Women's singles

Rank	Event	Host	Date
03 ! Bronze	Kenya International Series	Kenya	June 23–26, 2011
02 ! Silver	Bulgarian International	Bulgaria	October 6–09, 2011
01 ! Gold	V Suriname International	Suriname	2011
03 ! Bronze	South African International	South Africa	December 1–04, 2011
03 ! Bronze	Uganda International Badminton Championships	Uganda	February 2–05, 2012
01 ! Gold	Iran Fajr International Challenge	Iran	February 16–19, 2012
03 ! Bronze	Austrian International Challenge	Austria	February 22–25, 2012
02 ! Silver	Croatian International	Croatia	March 8–11, 2012
02 ! Silver	36th Yonex Polish International	Poland	March 22–25, 2012
03 ! Bronze	XVII Peru International	Peru	April 11–15, 2012
03 ! Bronze	2013 European Junior Championships	Turkey	March 22-31, 2013
01 ! Gold	XVII Mediterranean Games	Turkey	June 25-30, 2013
01 ! Gold	3rd Islamic Solidarity Games	Indonesia	Sep 22-Oct 1, 2013
01 ! Gold	2014 Turkey International	Turkey	Dec 28-21, 2014

Women's doubles

Rank	Event	Host	Date
01 ! Gold	Kenya International Series	Kenya	June 23–26, 2011
02 ! Silver	Victor Slovak Open	Slovakia	August 31-September 3, 2011
03 ! Bronze	Bulgarian International	Bulgaria	October 6–09, 2011
01 ! Gold	V Suriname International	Suriname	2011
01 ! Gold	South African International	South Africa	December 1–04, 2011
02 ! Silver	Uganda International Badminton Championships	Uganda	February 2–05, 2012
03 ! Bronze	Iran Fajr International Challenge	Iran	February 16–19, 2012
01 ! Gold	XVII Mediterranean Games	Turkey	June 25-30, 2013
03 ! Bronze	3rd Islamic Solidarity Games	Indonesia	Sep 22-Oct 1, 2013
01 ! Gold	Hellas International Series	Greece	May 15-18, 2014
03 ! Bronze	2015 European Games	Azerbaijan	June 26, 2015