Ayşenur Sormaz

Ayşenur Sormaz
Ayşenur Sormaz playing beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics for Turkey.
Personal information
Born	(2000-05-10) 10 May 2000 (age 24) Ardeşen, Rize, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left back, center back
Club information
Current club	A.S.D. Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2018–2020	Muratpaşa Bld. SK
2021–2022	Ego Spor
2022	Anadolu University
2023–	A.S.D. Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara
National team
Years	Team
2017	Turkey U-17
2019	Turkey U-19
2019–	Turkey handball
2018–	Turkey beach handball
Medal record Representing  Turkey Women's handball Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Team

Ayşenur Sormaz (born 10 May 2000) ) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as centre back for the Italian club A.S.D. Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara in the Serie A1 and the Turkey national team.^[1]

Personal life

Ayşenur Sormaz was born in Ardeşen district of Rize Province, northeastern Turkey on 10 May 2000.^[2]

Club career

Sormaz is 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) tall at 65 kg (143 lb).^[3] She plays in the left back,^[3] and sometimes in the center back position.^[4]

She played in the Turkish Super League (Turkish: Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi, TKHSL) for Muratpaşa Bld. SK (2018–2020) in Antalya,^[5] Ego Spor (2021) in Ankara and Anadolu University (2022) in Eskişehir.^[6][7] She scored a total of 53 goals in 24 matches played.^[7] She was with Muratpaşa Bld. SK when her team became runners-up in the 2018–19 TKHSL season, and won the 2018–19 Turkish Cup (Turkish: Hentbol Kadınlar Türkiye Kupası) ), defeating the league champion Kastamonu Bld. GSK^[8]

In January 2023, the Italian Serie A1-club A.S.D. Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara announced that they had signed a deal with her.^[1][2][6]

International career

Sormaz played in the 2017 European Handball Women's U-17 EHF Championship for non-Euro participants in Klaipėda, Lithuania, where she finished third with Turkey U-17.^[9] Two years later, she played in the same place at the U-19 tournament and came third again.^[10]

Admitted to the Turkey national handball team,^[1][2] she took part in 2019 at the 2020 European Championship qualification, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11] She played at the 2022 European Championship qualification.^[2][4] In 2022, at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, she was with the national team, which became champion.^[12]

She is also a member of the Turkey national beach handball team.^[13] She participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[14]

Honours

Club

Turkish Women's Handball Super League

Muratpaşa Bld. SK

Runners-up (1): 2018–19

Women's Handball Turkish Cup

Muratpaşa Bld. SK

Winners (1): 2018–19

International

Turkey women's national U-17 handball team

European Handball Women's U-17 EHF Championshipfor non-Euro participants

Third places (1): 2017

Turkey women's national U-19 handball team

European Handball Women's U-19 EHF Championshipfor non-Euro participants

Third places (1): 2019

Turkey women's national handball team

Islamic Solidarity Games

Champions (1): 2021

References

1. Uçkan, Murat (12 January 2023). "Aslen Ardeşen'li olan Ayşegül Solmaz İtalya'ya Transfer oldu". Ardeşen'in Sesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
2. "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımı oyuncusu İtalya'ya transfer oldu". Ege Ses Haber (in Turkish). 12 January 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
3. "Sormaz, Aysenur". European Handball. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
4. "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, İsveç'e 33–21 mağlup oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
5. "Muratpaşa kadın hentbol takımında 10 sporcu Ankara kampında". Habertürk (in Turkish). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
6. "Ayşenur Sormaz Eskişehir'den İtalya'ya transfer oldu". Fotomaç (in Turkish). 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
7. "Ayşenur Sormaz" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
8. "Kadınlarda hentbol Sezonu Sone Erdi". Eurosport (in Turkish). 7 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
9. "2017 W17 CHAMPIONSHIPMatch Details". EHF Competition Archive. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
10. "2019 W19 CHAMPIONSHIPMatch Details". EHF Competition Archive. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
11. "2020 Women's EHF EUROMatch Details". EHF Competition Archive. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
12. "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
13. "Plaj Hentbolu Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda ikinci gün maçları tamamlandı" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
14. "Buenos Aşres 2018 Yaz Gençlik Olimpiyat Oyunları Kafilemiz" (PDF). olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 14 May 2023.