Pelin Celik
Pelin Çelik of Istanbul, Turkey is a 48-year-old open water swimmer and event organizer from Turkey.
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Open Water Swimming Highlights
- She is one of the coordinators and organizers for the annual Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim that was nominated for the World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year in 2015 by the World Open Water Swimming Association for its WOWSA Awards, a recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe.
- She participated in the Swim from Mersin to Girne - 90K, a 90 km relay swim between Mersin in Turkey and Girne on the north coast of Cyprus on Peace Day in Turkey on 1 September 2019 with Erman Akkaya, Temel Yaki, Boran Karataş, Emin Aydin Yağmurlu, Mustafa Şakir Başaran, Mehmet Hilmi Soylu, Zafer Özdem, Deniz Kayadelen, Nukhet Atilgan, Burçak Tümay Pekel, and Murat Meto.
- She participated in the 2020 Peace Route Swim from Mersin to Girne, Turkey. On 2-3 September 2020, Erman Akkaya (55), Temel Yakşi (60), Nükhet Atilgan (46), Mehmet Hilmi Soylu (43), Pelin Çelik (48), Zafer Özdem (60), Deniz Kayadelen (33), Burçak Tümay Pekel (33), and Murat Meto (47) completed a 91.27 km (48 nautical mile) 9-person relay that started at the Mersin Taşucu Harbor in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and finished on the Turkish mainland in the town of Silifke in Mersin. The relay took 37 hours 30 minutes and was part of World Peace Day on 1 September 2020. The team started on 2 September 2020 at 4:20 am and finished on 3 September 2020 at 5:50 pm as the 9 swimmers each completed four one-hour legs in rotation.
- She is one of the organizers of the Samsung Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race or the Samsung Boğazıçi Kitalararasi Yarislari or Samsung Boğaziçi Kıtalararası Yüzme Yarışı is one of the World's Top 100 Open Water Swims and the Top 50 Open Water Swims In Asia. It was selected as the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year in a global poll.
Samsung Boğaziçi Kıtalararası Yüzme Yarışı
2020 WOWSA Awards
The Peace Route Swim was nominated for the 2020 WOWSA Awards in the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year category with the following nomination: Nine swimmers, ages 33 to 60, from Turkey took on an ambitious goal: to swim 91.27 km from Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to the Turkish mainland. This was the first time this route had ever been attempted. Along the 37 hour 30 minute relay crossing in the Mediterranean Sea, Erman Akkaya (55), Temel Yakşi (60), Nükhet Atilgan (46), Mehmet Hilmi Soylu (43), Pelin Çelik (48), Zafer Özdem (60), Deniz Kayadelen (33), Burçak Tümay Pekel (33), and Murat Meto (47) encountered much marine life including sharks, while facing warm water and air. They laughed and they worried. They relaxed and they stressed out with the vastly dynamic sea conditions, ranging from a calm sea and tranquil conditions during the daytime hours to challenging turbulent conditions over a long night of uncertainty. For pioneering a new relay swim route from Northern Cyprus to the Turkish mainland, for bringing together young and older swimmers of both genders and various speeds in a successful relay, and for swimming for and celebrating peach through the expression of open water swimming on World Peace Day, the Peace Route Swim by nine swimmers of Turkey is a worthy nominee for the 2020 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year.
External links
- Mediterranean Peace Route Goes International
- Swimmers For the Third Mediterranean Peace Route
- Compete and Cheer, But Don't Converse and Coordinate?!?
- Out of Comfort Zone By Deniz Kayadelen
- 2020 WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year Nominees
- Peace Route Swim Success From Northern Cyprus To Turkish Mainland
- Peace Route Swim
- 90 km Relay Swim Between Mersin And Girne
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marmaris Yüzme Kampi Redux
- 90 km Relay Swim Between Mersin And Girne
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Guinness World Records, Part Two Of Two
- Keeping Safe, Enjoy The 2020 Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim
- 2020 Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race
- Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim Is 2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year
- Samsung Boğazıçi Kitalararasi Yarislari Is For Open Water Lovers
- Pelin Celik Facebook page
- Top 50 Open Water Swims in Asia
- Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim
- World's Top 100 Open Water Swims
- Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim / Boğazıçi Kitalararasi Yarislari Official Website
- World's Top 100 Open Water Swims
- Open Water Swimming
- Boğazıçi Kitalararasi Yarislari
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- America's Very Difficult Open Water Swims
- 10 Difficult Short Open Water Swims
- Adam Walker Hosts, Bertuğ Coşkun Wins Samsung Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim
- 2015 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Nominees
- WOWSA...Swimmers To Be Celebrated At Big Chill Swim
- 2015 WOWSA Awards - Performance Of The Year Voting
- Samsung Boğaziçi Kıtalararası Yüzme Yarışı
- Guarantee Entry At The Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim
- A Noble Family In The Open Water
- Marathon Swimming
- The Location Is Beautiful, The People Are Beautiful
- Guests Start Samsung Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim
- Swimming Safely Across The Bosphorus
