Hatice Gokce Emir
Hatice Gökçe Emir is a Turkish individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time Turkish National all-around champion in the Junior category.
Career
Junior
In 2021, she debuted in major competitions at the Irina Deleanu Cup in Bucharest in May. She placed 35th in the all-around. Emir was selected for the 2022 Junior European Championship in Tel Aviv, Israel, together with her teammates Defne Eylul Kilic and Deniz Oskay. She competed with hoop and ball. They took 16th place in the Team event.The following year, in July, she competed at the Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca alongside the junior national group. They took 13th place in the Team competition. Her best result was with ribbon, where she ranked 15th in the qualification round.
Senior
In 2024, she started competing as a senior. In March, she competed at Gymnastik International and won silver medal in hoop final. She was 5th in ball and 6th in clubs final. She competed at Sofia World Cup and ended on 39th place in All-around. She represented Turkey at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary and qualified to the All-around final, where she took 20th place behind Israeli Daria Atamanov. She is the first Turkish rhythmic gymnast to reach the All-around final since Kamelya Tuncel in 2020.In 2025, on March 7–9, she competed at International Tournament Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul, Turkey and won gold medal in All-around, in front of Andreea Verdes and Nina Dragovic. She also won gold in Team competition with Deniz Oskay. On 4–6 April, she competed at 2025 World Cup Sofia and took 15th place in the all-around and did not advance into apparatus finals. On April 18–20, she competed at the Baku World Cup and finished on 12th place in all-around. She qualified to her first World Cup apparatus final and took 6th place. In June, Hatice represented Turkey at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn. She took 13th place in all-around final. In July, she competed at the Milan World Cup, where she took 23th place in the all-around and 5th place in hoop final.
In August, she was selected to represent Turkey at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, her first World Championships. She qualified to hoop final, becoming the first Turkish rhythmic gymnast to do so. She took 18th place in all-around qualifications, making history again, becoming the first Turkish rhythmic gymnast to qualify to individual all-around final at World Championships, finishing on 14th place.
Achievements
- First Turkish rhythmic gymnast to qualify to apparatus final at the World Championship.
- First Turkish rhythmic gymnast to qualify to all-around final at the World Championship.
- She holds the best Turkish individual all-around finish in a World Championship.