Neslihan Yigit

Neslihan Arın became silver medalist in singles and doubles at the U17 European Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to semi finals in singles, won the girls' doubles title, and became the runner-up in the mixed doubles.

She competed at various international tournaments in singles and doubles with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011–2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to 28th place in the women's doubles world ranking list as of 20 August 2015 with Özge Bayrak. In the singles event, she reached a career-high of world number 34th in the world list on 1 October 2019. Arın ranked 7th in the World Juniors list.

She qualified as the first-ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics.

She won the gold medal in the singles event and the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia. In June 2013, she won double gold medals in the women's singles and doubles event at the Mersin Mediterranean Games.

In 2021, Arın reached the quarter-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open,losing out to the eventual champion Carolina Marín. She won the bronze medal at the European Championships, defeated by the defending champion Marín in the semi-finals in straight games.

Arın was drawn in group A along with top seed and eventual champion Chen Yufei at the Tokyo Olympics, against whom she lost 14–21, 9–21. She won her other group game against Doha Hany 21–5, 21–5.

Arın reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 Hylo Open. After beating Aakarshi Kashyap and Kristin Kuuba in the first two rounds, it was the eventual champion Busanan Ongbamrungphan who stopped her in the quarters.

Arın made it to the quarter-finals at the 2021 Indonesia Masters She defeated 6th seed Michelle Li, and Marija Ulitina in straight games on the way. In the quarter-finals, She was stopped by P. V. Sindhu.