Türkiye at the 2026 World Down Syndrome Swimming Championships: Record and Medals

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Türkiye at the 2026 World Down Syndrome Swimming Championships
Türkiye returned from Portugal with a world-record performance by Ada Zehra Anlatıcı. This guide explains the four swimmers’ reported medals and the differing team totals published by their federation.
Reviewed: 10 November 2026

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The event and Türkiye’s team
The 12th world championships took place in Albufeira, Portugal, with competition from 1 to 6 November. Türkiye’s team comprised Ada Zehra Anlatıcı, Elif Oral, Alperen Menç and Yusuf Kerem Yerhan, accompanied by their coaches.
The federation’s return report gives one gold, five silvers and three bronzes: nine medals. Another federation report gives ten. The reason for the discrepancy is not established; the individual medals listed below total nine.

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Ada Zehra’s world record
Anlatıcı won the women’s mosaic 50 m freestyle in 36.16 seconds, a world record in that category according to the federation. The event and classification matter: this is not a claim about every swimming category. Reports attribute six medals to her: one gold, four silvers and one bronze.

Event	Result
50 m freestyle	Gold; 36.16, women’s mosaic world record
100 m freestyle	Silver
50 m backstroke	Silver
100 m breaststroke	Silver
50 m breaststroke	Silver
50 m butterfly	Bronze

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Medals won by the other swimmers

Swimmer	Event and reported classification	Medal
Elif Oral	200 m breaststroke — mosaic	Silver
Alperen Menç	50 m butterfly — Down open age	Bronze
Yusuf Kerem Yerhan	100 m butterfly — Down seniors	Bronze

These three medals plus Anlatıcı’s six make nine. Times for all the other races could not be confirmed from the reports reviewed, so no estimates are supplied.

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Understanding the achievement
The gold places Anlatıcı first in her event and classification at this championship. Her world record belongs to the women’s mosaic 50 m freestyle. Her other medals span different strokes and distances. The team returned to Istanbul on 7 November.

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