{{Short description|Turkish sport shooter (born 2001) }} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Sena Can Kökgöz | image = | caption = | nationality = Turkish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|2001|11|10}} | birth_place = Osmangazi, Bursa Province, Turkey | birth_name = | height = | weight = | country = Turkey | sport = Shooting | event = Skeet | club = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's shooting }} {{MedalCountry|{{TUR}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Islamic Solidarity Games }} {{MedalGold|2021 Konya|Skeet}} }}
'''Sena Can''' (born 10 November 2001) is a Turkish sport shooter, who competes in the skeet event. She was a national record holder. She qualified to participate at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
== Sport career == Can started sport shooting in 2016 with the encouragement and support of her father, who is a hunter.<ref name="aa1"/> In the beginning, she was a member of Osmangazi Belediye Sports Club in her hometown.<ref name="o1"/><ref name="sd2"/>
She won several medals at Republic Cup and Federation Cup in skeet events.<ref name="aa1"/> She won the gold medal in the Junior women's category at the 2019 Republic Cup in Konya, and set a new national record with 114 points.<ref name="o1"/> The same year, she became Turkish champion, and was selected to the national shooting team.<ref name="aa1"/>
She took part at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships in Lonato del Garda, Italy competing in the Juniors category,<ref name="gb1"/> and at the 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.<ref name="sd2"/>
She took part at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algier, placing at ninth rank.<ref name="taaf1"/> She won the gold medal at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.<ref name="ym1"/>
She set a new Turkish record with 121 hits while competing in the women's team event at the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. She advanced to the finals with her teammates Nur Banu Balkancı and Çiğdem Özyaman Özenir, and placed seventh.<ref name="issf2024"/> She secured so a quota at the 2024 Summer Olympics.<ref name="trts1"/> She competed at the Shooting at the 2023 European Games in Wrocław, Poland in the individual and team events without a success.<ref name="sd1"/>
== Personal life == Sena Can was born in Osmangazi, Bursa Province on 10 November 2001.<ref name="aa1"/><ref name="sd2"/><ref name="taaf0"/<ref name="issf0"/> She married Fazıl Kökgöz in 2025.She lives in Konya. <ref name="aa1"/>
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<ref name="aa1">{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/yasam/avci-babanin-sampiyon-atici-kizi/1728555 |newspaper=Anadolu News Agency |title=Avcı babanın şampiyon atıcı kızı |author=Dereağzı, Havva |date=9 February 2020 |language=tr |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> <ref name="taaf1">{{cite web |url=https://www.taf.gov.tr/Haberler/Detay/29-06-2022-19-akdeniz-oyunlari-aticilik-musabakalari-basladi |publisher=Türkiye Atıcılık ve Avcılık Federasyonu |title=19. Akdeniz Oyunları Atıcılık Müsabakaları Başladı |language=tr |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> <ref name="trts1">{{cite news |url=https://www.trtspor.com.tr/haber/diger-sporlar/hedef-sporlar/sena-can-olimpiyat-kotasi-aldi-279573.html |newspaper=TRT Spor |title=Sena Can, olimpiyat kotası alsı |date=18 August 2023 |language=tr |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> <ref name="issf0">{{cite web |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHTURW1011200101 |publisher=ISSF |title=Sena Can |accessdate=4 April 2024}}</ref> <ref name="issf2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/media/resultspdf/2023/3085/Q000000TA1708230800.1.SKW.0.001.pdf |publisher=ISSF |title=53rd ISSF World Championsgip All Eevents - Results |access-date=3 April 2024 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818113213/https://www.issf-sports.org/media/resultspdf/2023/3085/Q000000TA1708230800.1.SKW.0.001.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="o1">{{cite news |url=https://www.olay.com.tr/sena-can-rekorla-zirveye-174943 |newspaper=Olay |title=Sena Can rekorla zirve e |date=2 November 2019 |language=tr |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> <ref name="ym1">{{cite news |url=https://www.yenimeram.com.tr/bayanlar-aticilik-skeet-yarislarindan-altin-madalya-turk-sporcunun-502876.htm |newspaper=Yeni Meram |title=Bayanlar atıcılık skeet yarışlarından altın madalya Türk sporcunun |date=15 August 2022 |language=tr |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> <ref name="sd1">{{cite news |url=https://www.sondakika.com/spor/haber-polonya-da-avrupa-oyunlari-nda-milli-sporcular-ati-16065069/ |newspaper=SonDakika |title=Polonya'da Avrupa Oyunları'nda milli sporcular atıcılıkta mücadele etti |date=25 June 2023 |language=tr |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> <ref name="sd2">{{cite news |url=https://www.sondakika.com/spor/haber-osmangazili-atici-dunya-sampiyonasi-nda-12199710/ |newspaper=SonDakika |title=Osmangazili atıcı Dünya Şampiyonası'nda |date=1 July 2019 |language=tr |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> <ref name="gb1">{{cite news |url=https://www.gazetebursa.com.tr/bursa-da-spor/sena-canitalya-da-sampiyonluk-icin-boy-gosterecek-40152 |newspaper=Gazete Bursa |title=Sena Can, İtalya'da şampiyonluk için boy gösterecek |date=2 July 2019 |language=tr |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ISSF|SHTURW1011200101}} * {{Olympics.com|sena-can}} * [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/sena-can_1564881 Sena Can] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * {{Olimpedya|967/sena-can}} * {{TMOK|sena-can/11005}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Can, Senae}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Osmangazi Category:Sportspeople from Bursa Category:Turkish female sport shooters Category:Skeet shooters Category:21st-century Turkish sportswomen Category:Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Category:Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Category:Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Category:Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in shooting Category:Shooters at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Category:European Games competitors for Turkey Category:ISSF rifle shooters Category:Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic shooters for Turkey