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Turkish yacht racer

Alican Kaynar
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1988-10-30) 30 October 1988 (age 36)
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationIndustrial engineering
Alma materBahçeşehir University
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) (2012)
Weight100 kg (220 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportSailing
EventFinn class
ClubFenerbahçe Sailing
Coached byMehmet Dinçay
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing  Turkey
Balkan Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Burgas J Finn
Silver medal – second place 2009 Donji Milanovac J Finn

Alican Kaynar (born 30 October 1988) is a Turkish yacht racer competing in the Finn class. The 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall athlete at 100 kg (220 lb) is a member of Fenerbahçe Sailing, where he is coached by Mehmet Dinçay.

Alican Kaynar is a student of Industrial engineering at the Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul.

He qualified for participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the Finn class event, he placed 18th with 154 points. He competed in the same event at the 2016 Olympics, finishing in 13th.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Turkey
2009 Athens Eurolymp Week Athens, Greece 8th Finn
Istanbul Sail Week Istanbul, Turkey 2nd Finn
Balkan & Open Sailing Championship Donji Milanovac, Serbia 2nd Junior Finn
2010 Balkan & Open Sailing Championship Burgas, Bulgaria 1st Junior Finn
2011 Expert Garda Week Garda, Italy 14th Finn
2012 London Olympic Games Weymouth, Great Britain 18th Finn
2013 2013 Finn European Championship Warnemünde, Germany 10th Finn
2016 Rio Olympic Games Marina da Glória, Brazil 13th Finn
2017 Sailing World Cup Hyères, France 1st Finn

References

  1. ^ "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında-Yelken-Alican Kaynar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. "2010 Yılı-Alican Kaynar" (in Turkish). TYF. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. ^ "London 2012 Sailing, Finn - One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) men Final". Olympic.org. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Results - Finn Men - Sailing - Rio 2016 - Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alican Kaynar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  6. "Yelkencilerimiz Balkan'da fırtına gibi esti" (in Turkish). Turk Sail. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

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