Enka SK

Enkaspor () is a multi-sports club established in 1983 in Istanbul, Turkey by the Turkish construction conglomerate Enka Construction Co.

Enkaspor's main activities are in athletics, water polo, tennis and swimming with 353 women and 467 men in active sport as of December 2010.

Facilities

Sports facilities of the club are situated within the Sadi GÃÂ¼lÃÂ§elik Sport Complex stretching over land located in ÃÂ°stinye neighborhood of SarÃÂ±yer district in Istanbul. There are

one athletics field with six tartan tracks,
one multi-purpose arena consisting of
three basketball, volleyball or handball halls,
one olympic-size swimming pool, which can be covered in the winter time,
a semi-olympic size covered swimming pool,
a covered 12-lane swimming and water polo pool,
12 tennis courts: six training courts of which four can be covered, two open and three covered tennis courts.

Athletics

Sportspeople

Enkaspor played a leading role in bringing talented foreign athletes into Turkey. Elvan Abeylegesse, Anzhela Atroshchenko, Sviatlana Sudak and Alemitu Bekele are sportspeople, who were gained to compete successfully at international events for Turkey.

Many members of Enkaspor are holder of Turkish national records in their branch.

Team achievements

2010:

Senior men Turkey champion
Senior women Turkey champion
Junior men Turkey runner-up
Junior women Turkey runner-up

Notable sportspeople

Swimming

YiÃÂit Aslan (born 2004), freestyle swimmer
Beril BÃÂ¶cekler (born 2004), female freestyle swimmer
Viktoriya Zeynep GÃÂ¼neÃÂ (born 1998), female swimmer of Ukrainian origin
Sudem Denizli (born 2005), female backstroke swimmer
Defne TanÃÂ±ÃÂ (born 2007) female butterfly stroke swimmer
Belis ÃÂakar (born 2007), freestyle and butterfly swimmer
Merve Tuncel (born 2005) female freestyle swimmer

Tennis

ÃÂaÃÂla BÃÂ¼yÃÂ¼kakÃÂ§ay - The first Turkish woman tennis player in singles to play Grand Slam qualification tournament (2010 US Open) and win a WTA singles title (2016 Istanbul Cup)
Melis Sezer - The first Turkish junior woman tennis player to compete in Wimbledon, US and Australia Open tournaments
Ipek Soylu - Tennis player winner of the 2016 WTA Elite Trophy

Track and field

Elvan Abeylegesse - 2010 European champion in 10,000 m and silver medalist in 5,000 m.
Meryem Akda - 3000 m steeplechase and 5000 m runner.
Ramazan BaÃÂtuÃÂ (born 2000), long-distance runner
Meryem Bekmez (born 2000), race walker
Yasemin Can - long-distance runner.
TuÃÂba DanÃÂ±ÃÂmaz (born 1999), long jump and triple jump athlete
Evin Demir (born 2001), race walker
Binnaz Uslu - 2010 European silver medalist in cross country. Gold medalist at the 2011 Universiade in 3,000 m steeplechase and 5,000 m.
PÃÂ±nar Saka - 400 m runner
Merve AydÃÂ±n - 800 m runner
Buse SavaÃÂkan (born 1999), high jumpÃÂ
Aysel ÃÂnder (born 2005), Paralympian sprinter indoor world champion and indoor world record holder in 400 m T20 event.
Can ÃÂzÃÂ¼pek (born 1996), triple jumper

Wrestling