Burcu Ayhan

Burcu Yüksel (née Ayhan; ; born 3 May 1990 in Kadirli, Osmaniye Province) is a Turkish female high jumper. She is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics club, where she is coached by Cüneyt Yüksel. The tall athlete is at .

Biography She earned the gold medal at the 2007 Black Sea Games and the silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games. Ayhan was the bronze medalist at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia. She became gold medalist at the 64th Balkan Championships held in Sliven, Bulgaria.

She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

She won a gold medal at the 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia.

Achievements 2007 Black Sea Games Trabzon, Turkey 1st 2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 10th 1.78 m 2009 16th Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 2nd 1.89 m European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 3rd 1.89 m 2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 9th 1.92 m 2011 64th Balkan Championships Sliven, Bulgaria 1st 1.86 m European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 3rd 1.94 m NR 2012 Olympic Games London, UK 12th 1.89 m 2013 17th Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 1st 1.92 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games Palembang, Indonesia 1st 1.80