Şerif Osmanoğlu (born Sheryf El-Sheryf; 2 January 1989) is a Turkish and former Ukrainian (until May 2013) athlete who competes in the triple jump and occasionally long jump.

Career

He won gold medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships with a leap of 17.72m, bettering his personal best by 80 cm. In 2012, he won the silver medal in the triple jump at the European Athletics Championships.

He has a Ukrainian mother while his father, a doctor, is from Sudan. He changed his allegiance to Turkey in 2013, also changing his name to Şeref Osmanoğlu. The Turkish federation paid $152,000 to the Ukrainian federation for the transfer.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Ukraine
2005World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco5thTriple jump16.18 m
2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China5thTriple jump16.09 m (-0.2 m/s)
2007European Junior ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania7thTriple jump15.93 m
2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland25th (q)Long jump6.94 m (-0.4 m/s)
9thTriple jump15.43 m (-1.3 m/s)
2011European Team Championships Super LeagueStockholm, Sweden9thLong jump7.68 m
European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic1stTriple jump17.72 m (+1.3 m/s)
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea12thTriple jump16.38 m
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey12th (q)Triple jump16.25 m
European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland2ndTriple jump17.28 m (w)
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom13th (q)Triple jump16.60 m
Representing Turkey
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands6thTriple jump16.55 m
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil–Triple jumpNM

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