Continental union | European Gymnastics Union |
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Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 1 |
World Championships | |
Junior World Championships | |
Appearances | 2 |
European Championships | |
Medals | Silver: 2020, 2023 Bronze: 2022 |
The Turkey men's national artistic gymnastics team represents Turkey in FIG international competitions.
Aleko Mulos was the first ever Turkish man to compete at the Olympic Games, doing so in 1908. [1] Turkey fielded their first Olympic team at the 2024 Olympic Games; [2] previously they had individual athletes compete at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. [3] At the 2020 Olympic Games Ferhat Arıcan became the first Turkish male gymnast to win an Olympic medal, earning bronze on the parallel bars. [4]
Name | Birthdate and age | Hometown |
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Ferhat Arıcan | 28 July 1993 | İzmir |
Adem Asil | 21 February 1999 | Alexandria, Egypt |
İbrahim Çolak | 7 January 1995 | Konak |
Sercan Demir | 1999 | Bolu |
Emre Dodanlı | 24 October 2002 | Milton, Ontario |
Yunus Gündogdu | 1997 | Muğla |
Mert Efe Kilicer | 2004 | Yenimahalle |
Mehmet Koşak | 2001 | Konak |
Ahmet Önder | 11 July 1996 | Ödemiş |
Kerem Şener | 2003 | Konak |
This list includes all Turkish male artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the Olympic Games or the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Rank | Gymnast | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB | Olympic Total | World Total | Total |
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1 | Adem Asil | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
İbrahim Çolak | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
3 | Ahmet Önder | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
4 | Ferhat Arıcan | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Eleftherios "Lefteris" Petrounias is a Greek artistic gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympic champion, 2020 and 2024 Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World champion and a nine-time European medalist on the still rings. He was named the Greek Male Athlete of the Year, for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Andrei Vasile Muntean is a Romanian artistic gymnast. He represented Romania at the 2016 Summer Olympics and placed sixth on the parallel bars. He is the 2017 World University Games vault bronze medalist. He has competed at the World Championships eight times, and he will represent Romania at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Ferhat Arıcan is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the parallel bars.
İbrahim Çolak is a Turkish artistic gymnast who is primarily a rings specialist. He is the 2019 World champion on the rings and the first Turkish gymnast to medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also became Turkey's first European champion in artistic gymnastics when he won gold on the rings at the 2020 European Championships. He is also the 2018 European silver medalist on the rings and the 2020 European silver medalist with the Turkish team. He is the 2022 Mediterranean Games champion on the rings and in the team event. He won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Games and the silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games on the rings. He represented Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he finished fifth in the rings final.
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