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Atakan Alaftargil

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Atakan Alaftargil
Born (1976-11-09) November 9, 1976 (age 47)
Erzurum, Turkey

Atakan Alaftargil (born November 9, 1976) is a retired Olympian alpine skier from Turkey, who competed in slalom and giant slalom events.

Early life

Atakan Alaftargil was born on November 9, 1976 in Erzurum,[1] Turkey. He is a member of a skiing family, his father İlhani having owned a ski equipment store at Palandöken Mountain and his three older brothers being skiers. His older brother Arif Alaftargil competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.[2][3][4]

He began skiing at the age of six. He graduated from Atatürk University with a degree in physical education and sports. He is also a certified coach for skiing and snow boarding.[2]

Career

He competed for Turkey at the 2002 Winter Olympics[3] after participating at the 2001 World Alpine Ski Championships in St. Anton, Austria.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Atakan Alaftargil". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  2. ^ a b c Ulagay, Alp (2002-02-02). "Üç kar şehrinden üç genç Olimpiyatlara gidiyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. ^ a b Tuncer, Yasin (2002-02-04). "Alaftargil ailesinin 'olimpik' gururu". Zaman (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  4. ^ "İlhami Alaftargil vefat etti". Erzurum Haber (in Turkish). 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Turkey
Salt Lake City 2002
Succeeded by