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.jpg) Özkan Baltacı in 2022 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 13 February 1994 İzmir, Turkey | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Turkey | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Özkan Baltacı (born 13 February 1994) is a Turkish hammer thrower.
In age-specific categories he won the silver medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships,[1] the bronze medal at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival and finished tenth at the 2012 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2010 World Junior Championships and the 2015 European U23 Championships without reaching the final.
He finished ninth at the 2016 European Championships, won the silver medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, finished fifth at the 2017 Universiade and finished twelfth at the 2017 World Championships. He also competed at the 2018 European Championships without reaching the final. He won the gold medal at the Athletics at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy.[2]
His personal best throw is 76.84 metres, achieved in May 2018 in Mersin.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Özkan Baltacı at World Athletics
- ^ "Özkan Baltacı'dan altın madalya". Habertürk (in Turkish). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
External links
[edit]- Özkan Baltacı at World Athletics
- Ozkan Baltaci at Olympics.com
- Ozkan Baltaci at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Özkan Baltacı at Olympedia
- Özkan Baltacı at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Özkan Baltacı at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
World University Games champions in men's hammer throw | |
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