Alperen Acet

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Alperen Acet
Personal information
Born (1998-04-02) 2 April 1998 (age 26)
Nazilli, Aydın, Turkey
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
Club Fenerbahçe Athletics
Medal record
Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Naples High jump

Alperen Acet (born 2 April 1998) is a Turkish athlete specialising in the high jump. [2] He finished fifth at the 2018 European Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 2.30 metres outdoors (Cluj-Napoca 2018 – current national record) and 2.16 metres indoors (Belgrade 2017). He won the silver medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy jumping 2.24 m. [3]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 21st (q) 2.00 m
Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China 9th (q) 2.07 m
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 4th2.14 m
2016 Mediterranean U23 Championships Tunis, Tunisia 3rd2.08 m
World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 12th 2.14 m
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 5th 2.19 m
European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 4th2.22 m
2018 Mediterranean U23 Championships Jesolo, Italy 3rd 2.16 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 5th 2.24 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 12th (q) 2.21 m
Universiade Naples, Italy 2nd 2.24 m [3]
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 9th 2.11 m
2022 Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 9th 2.13 m
2023 World University Games Chengdu, China 9th 2.15 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 23rd (q) 2.22 m

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References

  1. "2018 Mediterranean Games bio" . Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. Alperen Acet at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. 1 2 "Alperen acet, üniversite yaz oyunları'nda türkiye'nin ilk madalyasını alsı Denizlili sporcu yüksek ..." Habertürk (in Turkish). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.