Sedef Köktentürk
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sedef Köktentürk |
| Nationality |  Turkey |
| Born | 22 July 1974 İzmir, Turkey |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Sailboard |
| Club | New York Yacht Club (USA) |
Sedef Köktentürk (born 22 July 1974) is a Turkish former windsurfer, who specialized in the RS:X class.[1] She was the country's top female windsurfer for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing last of the 27-woman fleet.[2] Outside competitive sailing, Köktentürk worked in the investment management division at Goldman Sachs for seven years, before currently taking a directorial role at Generation Investment Management in London.[3][4]
Köktentürk competed for the Turkish sailing squad, as a lone female, in the inaugural women's RS:X class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[5] Building up to her Olympic selection, she formally accepted a berth forfeited by Germany, as the next highest-ranked windsurfer vying for qualification, at the class-associated Worlds nearly eight months earlier in Auckland, New Zealand. Köktentürk clearly struggled to catch a large fleet of windsurfers from behind under breezy conditions with marks lower than the top 20 and an unanticipated eighth-leg exit at the end of ten-race series, sitting her in last with 232 net points.[6]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sedef Köktentürk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Yelkende 3 Türk yarıştı!" [3 Turks competed in sailing] (in Turkish). Habertürk. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Clarke, Paul (16 August 2013). "The Olympian who left Goldman Sachs for Al Gore's investment firm". www.efinancialcareers.co.uk. Dice.com. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ La Roche, Julia (31 August 2012). "The 31 Most Impressive Athletes On Wall Street". Business Insider. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Ağca, Murat (2 August 2008). "Rüzgârınız bol olsun" ["Have more wind"] (in Turkish). Milliyet. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Women's RS:X Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
External links
- TURSS2 at World Sailing
- Sedef Köktentürk at Olympics.com
- Sedef Köktentürk at Olympics.com
- Sedef Köktentürk at NBC 2008 Olympics website
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