Demet Parlak

Demet Parlak (born 1 January 1990) is a Turkish pole vaulter.

Early years Inspired by the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she watched in the television, Parlak decided to start performing athletics. In 2010, she began training. However, her parents opposed t her sport activity in athletics with the argument that she would neglect her education. Continuing in athletics, she told her family that she had quit athletics, but was selected to the school's basketball team. After being successful in her age category and also in the senior category, as well as breaking records, her parents changed their mind and agreed to her sport in athletics. With the support of her parents, she entered Olympics Preparation Center of Adana, where she was coached by the Ukrainian Oleksondr Smakin and Turkish İbrahim Halil Aydın.