CHILDREN OF TURQUOISE
" A Heart to Heart Project..."
ABOUT
ŞAHİKA ERCÜMEN
“My life has started when I held my breath for the first time, not I took my first breath.”
Şahika Ercümen
Professional free-diver, free-diving trainer, nutrition specialist and dietician Şahika Ercümen was born on 16 January 1985, in Çanakkale/Turkey. She graduated from Çanakkale Milli Piyango Anatolian Highschool and Ankara Başkent University – Nutrition and Dietetics Department. Ercümen still attends the same faculty for her Master’s Degree.
After her asthma disease she had in childhood, Ercümen started doing sports and got many world-wide successes. Since 1998, in the swimming & underwater sports tournaments, she has won more than 100 medals and awards. Besides, she has many national records and 3 official world records.
She participated in many social responsibility projects like diving with handicapped divers, pointing out the water pollution, protecting the endangered species of wild fauna. Moreover, she presented some TV shows and organizations, appeared on variable advertisements and movies. She also gives seminars and workshops about motivation, success and proper breathing.
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A WORLD RECORD DEDICATED TO THE HONOR OF ALL FALLEN SOLDIERS...
Free-diving World Record Holder Şahika Ercümen achieved the impossible with the collaboration of her main-sponsor
GLOBE STONE - DÜNYA TAŞ and broke the 110 meters World Record on 22 October 2016, in Kaş / Antalya.
To Deeper Than 100 Meters with 100 Children of Fallen Soldiers…
Şahika Ercümen correlated her dive to a social responsibility project, as she does for her every record attempt, and held her breath for the legacy, the children of fallen soldiers. She dedicated her 110 metres World Record to the CHILDREN OF TURQUOISE PROJECT. The project has been started by GLOBE STONE DÜNYA TAŞ in May 2016, in İzmir. Within the scope of the project, 100 fallen soldiers’ children are supported financially and accompanied by each GLOBE STONE personnel along their career steps and overcoming the difficulties they may face until they will stand on their own feet.
Additionally, Ercümen highlighted the endangered species of wild fauna.
ACHIEVEMENTS
2016 World Record, Variable Weight Apnea Without Fins 93 meters, Antalya Kaş / Turkey
2016 World Record, Variable Weight Apnea With Mono-Fins 110 meters, Antalya Kaş / Turkey
2016 Second Place in World Championship & Turkey Record,
Constant Weight Apnea Without Fins 50 meters, Antalya Kaş / Turkey
2016 Third Place in World Championship & Turkey Record,
Constant Weight Apnea With Bi-Fins 68 meters, Antalya Kaş / Turkey
2016 Turkey Record & Turkey Champion,
Constant Weight Apnea With Bi-Fins 65 meters, Antalya Kaş / Turkey
2016 The Woman of the Year Elele Magazine, Turkey
2015 The Athlete of the Year Milliyet Newspaper, Turkey
2015 Third Place in World Championship & Turkey Record,
Constant Weight Apnea Witout Fins 48 meters, Ischia / Italy
2015 Second Place in World Championship & Turkey Record,
Constant Weight Apnea With Bi-Fins 60 meters, Ischia / Italy
2015 Third Place in World Championship & Turkey Record,
Constant Weight Apnea With Mono-Fins 80 meters, Ischia / Italy
2014 World Record, Variable Weight Apnea Without Fins 72 meters, Antalya Kaş / Turkey
2014 World Record, Variable Weight Apnea Without Fins 91 meters, Antalya Kaş / Turkey
2013 World Record, Variable Weight Apnea Without Fins 61 meters, Lake Van / Turkey
2011 World Record, Constant Weight Apnea Without Fins 60 meters, Dahab / Egypt
2011 World Record, Constant Weight Apnea 70 meters, Dahab / Egypt
2011 World Record & The Guinness Book of World Records,
Dynamic Apnea Under Ice 110 meters, Lake Weissensee/ Avusturya
2010 Turkey Record, Free-diving 65 meters
2009 Turkey Champion, Free-diving
2008 Third Place in Europe Championship with National Underwater Hockey Team, İstanbul / Turkey
2008 Turkey Champion with Free-diving Team
2007 Turkey Champion with Underwater Hockey Team
2007 Turkey Record and Turkey Champion Free-diving
2006 Turkey Record Free-diving, Tenerife / Spain
2006 Turkey Champion with Underwater Hockey Team
2005 Turkey Champion with Free-diving Team
2004 Turkey Champion with Free-diving Team
2003 Turkey Champion with Free-diving Team
2003 Turkey Champion Underwater Navigation
2003 Swimming Champion in Turkey Championship 400 meters and 800 meters
2002 Athelete of the Year, Çanakkale / Turkey