Çiğdem Özyaman

Who is Çiğdem Özyaman?

Çiğdem Özyaman is a Turkish sport shooter competing in the skeet event. The 170 cm tall athlete at 58 kg is right-handed.

She began with shooting sport at the age of 14 with her father's iniative. She serves as teacher of physical education in a primary school at Bolu after her graduation from the Selçuk University.

Çiğdem Özyaman is qualified to participate in the skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics with her gold medal achieved at the 2011 European Shooting Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She will be the first ever Turkish female Olympic sport shooter along with Nihan Kantarcı, who will compete in the trap event.