Information personnelle
Family Wife Nergis Emanet
Residence France
Occupation Athlete
Languages English, Turkish
Higher education Sports Science - Ankara University: Türkiye
Numéro de licence 18101995001
Club
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing at age nine.
Why this sport? He was encouraged to take up fencing by his older brothers and a neighbour who was a fencing coach. "We started because of coach Mustafa Kalender. He was our neighbour. He directed my brothers to fencing. And then I followed."
Club / Team ABB EGO Spor Kulubu [TUR] / Cercle d'Escrime Orleanais [FRA]:
Name of coach Christian Bauer, FRA
General Interest
Milestones He became the first fencer representing Turkiye to win an individual medal at the European championships when he claimed bronze in sabre at the 2023 edition of the tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. One year previously he was part of the team that won Turkiye's first European championship medal by securing bronze in the men's team sabre event in Antalya, Turkiye, in 2022. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 May 2024; aa.com.tr, 17 Jun 2023, 20 Jun 2022)
Famous relatives His older brother Hakan has represented Turkiye in fencing, and competed in sabre at the world championships in 2010 and 2019. (SportsDeskOnline, 27 Apr 2021; Turkiye Eskrim Federasyonu Facebook page, 06 Dec 2018)
Other information FURTHER EDUCATION
He has obtained a master's degree in sports science from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkiye. He has also studied for a doctorate in sports science at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkiye. (Facebook profile, 05 May 2024; Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University Facebook page, 22 Jun 2022; sonsoz.com.tr, 31 Oct 2017)
