Orçun Karaoğlanoğlu
Turkish sprint kayaker
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Orçun Tolga Karaoğlanoğlu (born 1 October 1987) is a Turkish sprint kayaker.[1] He was born in Balıkesir, Turkey. He is a student of the Turkish Naval Academy (Turkish: Deniz Harp Okulu), and competes for his school's team.[2][3][4]
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| Full name | Orçun Tolga Karaoğlanoğlu | ||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||
| Born | October 1, 1987 | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Sport | Kayaking | ||||||||
Events | K-1 1000m, K-1 500m, K-4 1000m | ||||||||
Medal record
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Sports career
Club
Karaoğlanoğlu won the K-1 200m, K-1 1000m and K-2 1000m events at the 2006 Spring Flatwater Canoeing Cup at Lake Sapanca in Sakarya Province.[4] In 2007, he was admitted to the Turkey national canoeing team after he won the K-1 1000m, K-2 500m and K-2 1000m events at the 2007 Spring Flatwater Canoeing Cup held at Lake Seyhan Dam, Adana.[2]
International
In 2005, he took part in the juniors K1-1000m event of European Canoe Flatwater Junior and U-23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[5] Karaoğlanoğlu competed in the K1-1000m and K4-1000m events at the 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany without advancing to the finals.[6] In 2008, he raced in the K1-1000m event at the 3rd World Canoe Cup in Poznań, Poland.[7] He unsuccessfully competed in the K-1 1000m, K-4 200m and K-4 500m events at the 2008 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Milan,[8][9][10] Italy for the participation at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[11] Karaoğlanoğlu took part at the International Boulogne Flatwater Canoeing Championship held in Boulogne, France on 25–26 April 2009.[3] He won a gold medal in the K4-500m event and a bronze medal in the K4-1000m race with his teammates Çağrı Beyyıldırım, Emre Karahan and Öztürk Kuru.[3][12][13] He represented Turkey in the K1-500m and K1-1000m events at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy without reaching to a medal.[1]