Talat Tunçalp

Talat Tunçalp
Personal information
Born (1915-10-01)1 October 1915
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died 1 January 2017(2017-01-01) (aged 101)
Istanbul, Turkey
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider

Talat Tunçalp (1 October 1915 – 1 January 2017) was a Turkish cyclist. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in the mid-to-late 1910s, though his birth year was variously reported as 1915,[1][2] 1917,[3] and 1919.[4] He took up cycling and won his first sprint race in 1932.[3] From 1933 through 1949, he was the Turkish National Champion in the road race 16 times and the sprint 15 times.[1][2][3] He attended the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin,[5] finishing joint eighth in the individual road race with his country failing to medal in the team version. He also participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics,[6] but did not finish the individual race.[4]

After retiring from active competition in 1949 he became president of the Turkish Cycling Federation[6] in 1950 and held that position through 1968, the same year that he helped found what would become the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey. Upon the death of Halet Çambel on 14 January 2014, it was noted that Tunçalp was the oldest surviving Turkish Olympian.[1][2][3] He died on 1 January 2017 at the age of 101.[7] Tunçalp was interred at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery following the religious funeral service held at Şişli Mosque.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bisikletin Yaşayan Tarihi Talat TUNÇALP". Turkbike.com. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bir Türk Efsanesi : Talat Tunçalp". Anatolian Agency. 2009-11-24. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Yaşayan bir efsane". Posta (in Turkish). Doğan Holding. 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
  4. 1 2 Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (2011). "Talat Tunçalp Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Berlin'de Hitler'i gördüm". Sabah Spor (in Turkish). 2009-09-16. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  6. 1 2 Bayer, Yalçın (2010-04-11). "'Bisiklet'in kıymetini bilmiyoruz". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  7. ↑ "Eski Bisiklet Federasyonu Başkanı Tunçalp, Vefat Etti" (in Turkish). Haberler.com. 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  8. ↑ "Efsane sporcu Talat Tunçalp toprağa verilsi". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
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