BEKMEZ Meryem

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	24th (1:39:36)

European Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2018	Berlin, GER	11th (1:31:00)

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
11	2018	20km Race Walk	European Championships	Berlin, GER	1:31:00
13	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:29:36
24	2019	20km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	Doha, QAT	1:39:36

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	10000m Walk
2018	Tampere, FIN	2nd (44:17.69)

World Youth Championships

Year	Location	5000m Walk
2017	Nairobi, KEN	2nd (22:32.79)

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

Athlete, Student

Dicle University, Diyarbakir, TUR

Turkish

Enka Sports Club [Turkey]

She took up athletics at age 13. (haberyum.com, 13 Jul 2020)

She was scouted by national coach Cetin Arslan, who visited her school. At the time she was competing as a middle-distance runner, but Arslan suggested she switch to race walking. (haberyum.com, 13 Jul 2020; hurriyetdailynews.com, 03 Aug 2017)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (haberyum.com, 13 Jul 2020)