Beyza Karaçam

Beyza Karaçam
Personal information
Born (2000-12-15) 15 December 2000
Samsun, Turkey
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club IFK Kristianstad
Senior clubs
Years Team
2018–2019
Samsun GSK
2019–2020
Görele Bld. SK
2020–2022
Yenimahalle Bld. SK
2022–
IFK Kristianstad
2024–
Yalıkavak SK
National team
Years Team
2019–
Turkey
2018
Turkey U-19 beach handball
2019–
Turkey beach handball
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Handball
Islamic Solidarity Games
2021 Konya Team

Beyza Karaçamn Gedik (born 15 December 2000), also known as Beyza Gedik, is a Turkish women's handballer,[1] who plays as right back for IFK Kristianstad in the Swedish Handbollsligan,[2][3] and the Turkey national team as well as the Turkey women's national beach handball team.

Personal life

Beyza Karaçam (Gedik) was born in Samsun, northern Turkey on 15 December 2000.[4][5]

Club career

Karaçam is 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) tall at 70 kg (150 lb).[6]

She was with her hometown club Samsun GSK in the 2018–19 Turkish Women's Handball Super League season

She then transferred to Görele Bld. SK in Giresun for the 2019–20 Turkish Super League season. She played for the Ankara-based club Yenimahalle Bld. SK in the 2020–21 and 2021–22 Turkish Super League seasons.[2] She took part in the 2021–22 EHF European Cup.[7]

In February 2022, she signed a deal with the Swedish club IFK Kristianstad to play in the Handbollsligan.[8]

Returned to home country, she transferred to Yalıkavak SK in Bodum for the 2024–25 Turkish Women's Handball Super League season.[9] She won the champion title at the end of the season play-offs.[10]

International career

National handball team

Karaçam is a member of the Turkey women's national handball team. She played at the World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification in 2019,[11] 2021,[12] and 2023,[13] as well as at the 2020 European Championship qualification.[14] She was part of the national team at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria.[15] In 2022, she won the gold medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[16]

She took part at the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship, where the national team debuted.[17]

National beach handball team

Karaçam played for the Turkey women's national beach handball team at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina,[18] at the European Women's Beach Handball Championship in 2019 in, Stare Jabłonki, Poland,[19] and 2021 in Varna, Bulgaria.[20]

Honours

Club

Turkish Women's Handball Super League
Yenimahalle Bld. SK
Third place (1): 2020–21.
Yalıkavak SK
Champions (1): 2024–25.[10]

International

Turkey women's national handball team
Islamic Solidarity Games
Champion (1): 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Beyza Karacam Player". EHF Competition Archive. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Beyza Karaçam" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Futbol sınıfta kaldı, hentbol 2'ye katladı! 2020'den bu yana yurt dışına açılanların sayısı 12'ye ulaştı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 6 April 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Beyza Gedik" (in Turkish). Tğrkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Beyza Gedik". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Karaçam, Beyza". Euro Handball. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  7. ^ "2021–22 – EHF EC Women". Euro Handball. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Milli hentbolcu Beyza Karaçam İsveç'e transfer oldu". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 13 February 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Adasokağı - Armada Praxis Yalıkavak * Maç Detayı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Hentbol Kadınlar Süper Ligi'nde Şampiyon Armada Praxis Yalıkavak oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  11. ^ "2019 Women's World Championship Match Details – Turkey 23:36 Iceland". Euro Handball. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  12. ^ "2021 Women's World Championship Match Details – Turkey 23:35 Russia". Euro Handball. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  13. ^ "2023 Women's World Championship Match Detail – Türkiye 24:33 Serbia". Euro Handball. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  14. ^ "2020 Women's EHF EUR OMatch Details – France 38:17 Turkey". Euro Handball. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  15. ^ "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, Tunus'u yenerek Akdeniz Oyunları'nda 5'inci oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  16. ^ "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  17. ^ "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımı Avrupa Şampiyonası'na mağlubiyetle başladı". Gazete Oksijen (in Turkish). 28 November 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  18. ^ "Buenos Aires 2018 – Yaz Gençlik Olimpiyat Oyunları" (PDF). olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  19. ^ "2019 Women's ECh Beach Handball Match Details – Russia 2:0 Turkey". Euro Handball. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  20. ^ "2021 Women's ECh Beach Handball Match Details – Turkey 2:1 Franc". Euro Handball. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2023.