CAN Yasemin

Date of Birth: 11 Dec 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Birth Country:

Kenya

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 5000m	8
	Women's 10,000m	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 5000m Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 10,000m Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	5000m	10,000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6th (14:56.96)	7th (30:26.41)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	5000m	10,000m
2017	London, GBR	Heats (15:08.20)	11th (31:35.48)

European Championships

Year	Location	5000m	10,000m
2018	Berlin, GER	3rd (14:57.63)	4th (32:34.34)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3000m	5000m
2021	1 x 6th	1 x 7th
2019	1 x 8th	1 x 9th
2018	1 x 9th	-
2017	-	1 x 4th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
4	2017	5000m	Rome, ITA	14:36.82
6	2021	3000m	Doha, QAT	8:39.47
7	2021	5000m	Oslo, NOR	14:46.13
8	2019	3000m	Doha, QAT	8:33.29
9	2019	5000m	Stockholm, SWE	14:53.92
9	2018	3000m	Doha, QAT	8:36.24

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2020	5000m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	14:40.70

World Cross Country Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
3	Team Cross Country Relay	2017	Kampala, UGA	22:37

World Half Marathon Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Half Marathon Team	2020	Gdynia, POL	3:31.39
7	Half Marathon	2020	Gdynia, POL	1:06:20

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Previous names:

Enka Sports Club [Istanbul, TUR]

General Interest

General
FROM KENYA TO TURKEY
Born in Kenya, she moved to Turkey in March 2015 and obtained Turkish citizenship two months later. As part of her transfer of allegiance, she changed her name from Vivian Jemutai to Yasemin Can. She became eligible to represent her new country in March 2016. (aksam.com.tr, 09 Dec 2019; dailysabah.com, 06 Jul 2016; telegraph.co.uk, 07 Jul 2016)

Milestones

She became the first female athlete to win gold medals at four consecutive editions of the European Cross Country Championships, following her gold medals at consecutive editions between 2016 and 2019. (enka.com, 31 Dec 2019; aksam.com.tr, 09 Dec 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 09 Sep 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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