Alican Kaynar

Alican Kaynar
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born (1988-10-30) October 30, 1988
Istanbul, Turkey
Residence Istanbul
Education Industrial engineering
Alma mater Bahçeşehir University
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) (2012)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb) (2012)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Sailing
Event(s) Finn class
Club Fenerbahçe Sailing
Coached by Mehmet Dinçay
Medal record
Men's Sailing
Representing  Turkey
Balkan Championships
2010 Burgas J Finn
2009 Donji Milanovac J Finn

Alican Kaynar (born October 30, 1988 in Istanbul, Turkey) 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.[1]

Alican Kaynar is a student of Industrial engineering at the Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul.[2]

He qualified for participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[1] in the Finn class event, he placed 18th with 154 points.[3] He competed in the same event at the 2016 Olympics, finishing in 13th.[4]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Turkey
2009 Athens Eurolymp Week Athens, Greece 8th Finn [1]
Istanbul Sail Week Istanbul, Turkey 2nd Finn [1]
Balkan & Open Sailing Championship Donji Milanovac, Serbia 2nd Junior Finn [5]
2010 Balkan & Open Sailing Championship Burgas, Bulgaria 1st Junior Finn [1]
2011 Expert Garda Week Garda, Italy 14th Finn [1]
2012 London Olympic Games Weymouth, Great Britain 18th Finn [3]
2013 2013 Finn European Championship Warnemünde, Germany 10th Finn [1]
2016 Rio Olympic Games Marina da Glória, Brazil 13th Finn [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında-Yelken-Alican Kaynar" (in Turkish). GSB. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  2. ↑ "2010 Yılı-Alican Kaynar" (in Turkish). TYF. Archived from the original on 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  3. 1 2 "London 2012 Sailing, Finn - One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) men Final". Olympic. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  4. 1 2 "Results - Finn Men - Sailing - Rio 2016 - Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  5. ↑ "Yelkencilerimiz Balkan'da fırtına gibi esti" (in Turkish). Turk Sail. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2012-07-11.


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