Emre Zafer Barnes

Emre Zafer Barnes
Emre Zafer Barnes (l.) In Tarragona 2018
nation	Turkey Jamaica
birthday	7th November 1988 (age 31)
place of birth	Jamaica
size	178 cm
Weight	73 kg
Career
discipline	100 meter run
Best performance	10.08 s
status	active
Medal table
European championships 0 × 1 × 0 × European Indoor Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Mediterranean Games 0 × 2 × 0 ×
European championships silver Berlin 2018 4 × 100 m  European Indoor Championships silver Glasgow 2019 60 m  Mediterranean Games silver Tarragona 2018 100 m silver Tarragona 2018 4 × 100 m
last change: March 2nd, 2019

Emre Zafer Barnes (born November 7, 1988 as Winston Barnes ) is a Turkish sprinter of Jamaican origin who has been eligible to start for Turkey since 2016.

Athletic career

Emre Zafer Barnes gained his first international experience at the CARIFTA Games 2004 in Hamilton , where he won the bronze medal over 200 meters with 22.02 seconds. Two years later he finished fourth in the 100 meter run at the CARIFTA Games in Les Abymes in 10.69 seconds . As a result, he did not take part in any international competitions for ten years before he started for Turkey. In 2016 he took part in the European Championships in Amsterdam and was eliminated there with 10.31 seconds in the semi-finals over 100 meters. With the relay, he also qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she was eliminated with 38.30 s in the lead . In 2017 he won the silver medal with the relay at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku and finished sixth over 100 meters in 10.45 s. At the World Championships in London he reached the semi-finals over 100 meters and was eliminated there with 10.27 s. With the relay, he was able to qualify for the finals , where he finished seventh in 38.73 s.

In 2018 Barnes took part in the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham , where he finished eighth over 60 meters in 6.64 s. At the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona , he won the silver medal in the 100-meter run behind his compatriot Jak Ali Harvey in 10.32 s and silver with the relay, which only had to admit defeat to the Italians. He qualified again over 100 meters for the European Championships in Berlin and enlivened the seventh place in the final with 10.29 seconds. With the Turkish 4 x 100 meter relay, he won the silver medal in a national record time of 37.98 s.

In 2018 Barnes became Turkish indoor champion over 60 meters.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 10.08 s (+1.7 m / s), June 4, 2018 in Prague
  • 60 meters (hall): 6.55 s February 18, 2018 in Istanbul ( Turkish record )
• 200 meters: 20.67 s (−0.4 m / s), May 23, 2015 in Piteşti

Web links

Commons : Emre Zafer Barnes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Emre Zafer Barnes in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Emre Zafer Barnes in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )