Damla Köse

Damla Köse
Personal information
Born (2000-06-17) 17 June 2000
Erzurum, Turkey
EducationSport coaching
Alma materErzurum Technical University
Sport
SportShooting
Event
Air rifle
ClubErzurum GSK
Coached byZeynep Nurdan Çağlar
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
2025 Cairo 10 m rifle Mixed team
European Championships
2026 Yerevan 10 m air rifle solo
2025 Osijek 10 m air rifle solo
2026 Yerevan 10 m air rifle team

Damla Köse (born 17 June 2000) is a Turkish sport shooter who competes in air rifle events.

Sport career

Köse competes in air rifle events and is a member of Erzurum GSK, where she is coached by Zeynep Nurdan Çağlar.[1]

In 2023, she set a new record at the Turkish Interuniversity Shooting Championship in Trabzon with 626.8 points renewing her own record from previous year.[2]

She competed in the air rifle solo event at the 2025 European 10 m Events Championships in Osijek, Croatia, and advanced to the finals setting a tournament record with 56 points. In the gold medal match, she lost to Norwegian Jeanette Hegg Duestad by 15–10, and took the silver medal.[3][4] She won the bronze medal in the 10 m air rifle mixed team event with her teammate Mert Nalbant defating the Italians Carlotta Salafia and Danilo Sollazzo by 16–10 at the 2025 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Cairo, Egypt.[5]

Personal life

Damla Köse was born in Erzurum, Turkey on 17 June 2000.[4][6]

She is a student of sport coaching in the Sports Science Faculty at Erzurum Technical University.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Sporcular - Damla Köse" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atıcılık Federasyonu. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b "ETÜ'lü Damla atıcılıkta rekorun yeni sahibi". Erzurum Yenikışak (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Damla Köse Avrupa İkincisi". İtibar Haber (in Turkish). 12 March 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b Karakay, Hilmi Tunahan (14 March 2025). "Avrupa ikincisi milli atıcı Damla Köse, Erzurum'da çiçekle karşılandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  5. ^ Demirer, Hüseyin Burak (9 November 2025). "Milli atıcılar Damla Köse ile Mert Nalbant, dünya 3'üncüsü oldu". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Athletes - Damla Kose". ISSF. Retrieved 6 January 2026.