Bilge Tarhan

Bilge Tarhan (born 20 May 2004) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. She won the team gold medal, vault silver medal, and floor exercise bronze medal at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games. She won a silver medal on the vault at the 2022 Mersin World Challenge Cup.

Gymnastics career Junior Tarhan competed at the 2018 Junior Mediterranean Championships in Tunis, Tunisia, and won bronze medals on the vault and balance beam. Tarhan placed 40th in the individual all-around. She then competed at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival and qualified for the vault final, finishing eighth. Individually, she qualified for the balance beam final and placed sixth. She was also the first reserve for the vault final.

Tarhan finished fourth on the vault at the 2021 Cairo World Cup. She competed at the 2021 World Championships and finished 40th in the all-around during the qualification round.

Tarhan competed at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games which were held in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and helped Turkey win team gold. Individually, she won a silver medal on the vault behind Oksana Chusovitina and a bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Aida Bauyrzhanova and Ominakhon Khalilova. She then competed at the 2022 Mersin World Challenge Cup and won a silver medal on the vault behind Teja Belak. She competed at the 2022 Swiss Cup Zürich, a mixed pairs event, alongside Adem Asil, and they won the bronze medal.

Tarhan finished fourth on the vault at the 2023 Baku World Cup. She qualified for the vault final at the 2023 European Championships and finished fifth. She then finished fourth in the vault final at the 2021 Summer World University Games, held in 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tarhan finished eighth on the vault at the 2024 Antalya World Challenge Cup. At the 2025 Cottbus World Cup, she finished fifth on both the vault and the floor exercise.

Personal life As of 2023, Tarhan is a student at the Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University. Her brother Bora Tarhan is also an artistic gymnast that has represented Turkey at international competitions including the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival.