à Âerif OsmanoÃÂlu (born Sheryf El-Sheryf; 2 January 1989) is a Turkish and former Ukrainian (until May 2013) athlete who competes in the triple jump and occasionally long jump.
He won gold medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships with a leap of 17.72m, bettering his personal best by 80 cm. In 2012, he won the silver medal in the triple jump at the European Athletics Championships.
He has a Ukrainian mother while his father, a doctor, is from Sudan. He changed his allegiance to Turkey in 2013, also changing his name to à Âeref OsmanoÃÂlu. The Turkish federation paid $152,000 to the Ukrainian federation for the transfer.