Elvan Abeylegesse, one of the talented people that Enka Sports Club has trained for Turkish Athletics, won 2 silver medals at the 29th Summer Olympic Games. Abeylegesse has made the Turkish nation proud with her two silvers in Beijing Olympics. Her footsteps are firmly and indelibly imprinted in the sands of time.
Ethiopian born Elvan started Athletics when she moved to Türkiye to be trained at the Enka Sports Club, when she was 16. After her silver at World 10,000 meter, she won two more at Olympics for 5,000 and 10,000 meters in Beijing. She broke the Europen record with her degree in 10,000 meters.She is the first Turkish athlete who makes double in a single game and also the first Turkish woman athlete winning medals in the Olympics.
When she came back to Türkiye after completion of the games, she attended a coctail party at Enka Sports Club, which was arranged to celebrate her success. The attendeees of the cheery night were the management and the employees of Enka Group, her family, her trainers, collegues, friends, and some publicists.The party was live on some national TV’s and some journalists got a change to interview Elvan.The party was concluded after Elvan received a plaque from Nejat Gul, the board member of Enka Sports Club, saying “Enka, is proud of your achievements in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games”.