Rida Erlalelitepe (born 22 July 1996) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall at , and plays in the Outside Hitterr position for ÃÂanakkale Bld. SK. She was a member of the Turkey national team.
Erlalelitepe is tall at , and plays in the Outside Hitter position. She has a spike height of and a block height of .
She started her sport career at the age of ten in the academy of Arkas Spor in her hometown ðzmir. One year later, she was admiited to the team of her age group. She played four seasons in the farm teams of Arkas Spor. During her secondary education years in Ankara, she played for the school team of the TVF Sports High School of the Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF) in the 2012âÂÂ13 and 2013âÂÂ14 Turkish Youth Girls' Volleyball League.
Believed in her talent, Eczacñbaà Âñ VitrA took her on the juniors team in August 2013, and brought her from Ankara to Istanbul. In the 2014âÂÂ15 Turkish League season, she was loaned out to Sarñyer Bld. SK in Istanbul. In the next season, she was with Yeà Âilyurt on loan basis. After one season, she was loaned out again to Saryer Bld. in the 2016âÂÂ17 season. Being a member tof Eczacñbaà Âñ VitrA, she was loaned out to Seramiksan SK in Turgutlu, Manisa to play in the 2017âÂÂ18 season. After one season, she returned to Istanbul, and joined Beà Âiktaà  JK in the 2018âÂÂ19. In the 2019âÂÂ20 season, she was with ðlBank in Ankara on loan. Later in that season, she was loaned out to Nevà Âehir Bld. In July 2020, she transferred to Beà Âiktaà  JK for the 2020âÂÂ21 season. Following a match on 21 November 2020, she was diagnosed with vastus lateralis grade 2 strain and vastus medialis (teardrop muscle) grade 1 strain in her right thigh quadriceps muscle group. She had to stay away from the court for a period of 4âÂÂ5 weeks. She played for her former club Beà Âiktaà  JK in the 2020âÂÂ21 and 2021âÂÂ22 seasons. In the 2022âÂÂ23 season, she transferred to Edremit Bld. Altñnoluk in Edremit, Balñkesir. In June 2023, she signed a deal with ÃÂanakkale Bld. SK for the 2023âÂÂ24 season.
Erlalelitepe was admitted to the Turkey girls' national U-15 team, and played at the 2011 Blakan Girls' U15 Volleyball Championship in Albania, where her team placed fourth.
With the Turkey U-17 team, she won the bronze medal at the 2012 International Christmas Tournament in Brussels, Belgium, and the gold medal at the 2012 Balkan Women's U-18 Volleyball Championship in Montenegro, as well as another gold medal at the 2013 International Christmas Volleyball Tournament, and was named the Best Outside Spiker of the tournament. She took the gold medal at the 2013 Balkan Youth Girls' Volleyball Championship in TekirdaÃÂ, Turkey. She won another bronze medal at the 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship.
With the Turkey U-19 team, she took the bronze medal at the 2014 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship.
She was part of the Turkey U-20 team, which placed tenth at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship in Puerto Rico.
As part of the Turkey national team, she won the silver medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Rida Erlalelitepe was born in ðzmir, Turkey on 22 July 1996. She was schooled in Agah Efenedi Primary School in ðzmir, where she studied six years. The next two years, she was at Private Bornova Primary School on a volleyball scholarship. In the frame of the Turkish Volleyball federation's project to build up a national youth girls' team, she went to Ankara, and studied two years at DoÃÂa Kolej on scholarshi. After she was transferred by the Istanbul-based club Eczacñbaà Âñ VitrA, she continued her secondary education at Sarñyer DoÃÂa Kolej.