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Nationality
  
Turkish

Name
  
Cigdem Ozyaman

Alma mater
  
Selcuk University

Coached by
  
Diego Gasperini

Weight
  
60 kg


Country
  
Turkey

Height
  
1.70 m

Years active
  
2001-present

Role
  
Athlete

Events
  
Olympic skeet

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Born
  
1985 (age 29–30)
Duzce, Turkey

Occupation
  
Teacher of physical education

Nominations
  
Milliyet Sports Award for Athlete of the Year

Çiğdem Özyaman (born 1985 in Düzce, Turkey) is a Turkish sport shooter competing in the skeet event. The 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall athlete at 58 kg (128 lb) is right-handed.

She began sport shooting at the age of 14 with her father's encouragement. She serves as a teacher of physical education in a primary school at Bolu after her graduation from Selçuk University.

Çiğdem Özyaman qualified to participate in the skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics with her gold medal achieved at the 2011 European Shooting Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She was one of the first two Turkish female Olympic sport shooters; the other being Nihan Kantarcı, who was selected to compete in the trap event.

References

Çiğdem Özyaman Wikipedia