Özkan Baltacı
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Born | 13 February 1994 |
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Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Hammer throw |
Medal record |
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[]
- ^ a b Özkan Baltacı at World Athletics
- ^ "Özkan Baltacı'dan altın madalya". Habertürk (in Turkish). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Turkish hammer throwers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Turkey
- Universiade gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade gold medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Turkey
- Olympic male hammer throwers
- Turkish athletics biography stubs