Furkan Akar

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Furkan Akar
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Born (2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 (age 21)
Erzurum, Turkey
Sport
CountryFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Sport Short track speed skating
ClubHarputkapı Sports Club
Medal record
Men's short-track speed skating
Representing Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Gdańsk 1000 m

Furkan Akar (born 6 March 2002) is a Turkish Olympian short track speed skater. [1] [2] He is the first representative of Turkey at the Olympic Games in short track speed skating. He is also the first and only Turkish athlete placed in "Top 10" at the Winter Olympics by finishing 6th in the 1000-meter event at the 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing, China. Akar finished third (1:34.780) and gained a bronz medal in the 2023 European Championship 1000 metres race, a first for Turkey.

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Early years

Furkan Akar was born in Erzurum, Turkey on 6 March 2002. He started motivated performing winter sportby his brother while he was watching him in training. Aged nine, he began skiing. [3]

He is a student of Sport coaching in the Sport Science Faculty at Atatürk University in Erzurum. [4]

Sports career

Akar competes in short track speed skating with the license of Erzurum G.S.İ.M. [3] He has been in the national team since 2015. [4]

He took the bronze medal in the Boys' 500m and the silver medal in the 1500m event at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. [5]

He participated in the Men's 1000m event at the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, where he ranked 17th. [3] He won a place at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. [6] He was named flagbearer along with Ayşenur Duman at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics. [7] He competed in the short track speed skating 1000m event, and finished the Final B in second place with 1:36.052. He ranked 6th in total. [8]

He ranked 3rd at the 2023 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships and 6th at the 2023 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships.

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References

  1. ↑ "Furkan Akar" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpik Komitesi. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Furkan Akar". ISU. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Furkan Akar kimdir ve kaç yaşındadır? Türkiye tarihinde bir ilk ! Kış Olimpiyatları'nda ..." Haber 7 (in Turkish). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Furkan Akar, Kış Olimpiyatları için Çin'e gitti". Fanatik (in Turkish). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "EYOF 2019'un İkinci Gününde Furkan Akar'dan İkinci Madalya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Furkan Akar, 2022 Pekin Kış Olimpiyatları kotası kazandı". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 28 November 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "2022 Pekin Kış Olimpiyatları'nda Türk bayrağını Ayşenur Duman ve Furkan Akar'ın taşıyacağı açıklandı". FotoMaç (in Turkish). 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Furkan Akar, Olimpiyat altıncısı oldu". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 7 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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