Ali Topaloğlu

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Ali Topaloğlu (born 1998) is a Turkish world and European champion track and field athlete with Down syndrome. He is a member of Canik Belediyespor in Samsun.[1]

Ali Topaloğlu started performing sports at the age of fifteen motivated by his father. Since 2014, he has been competing at international championships, and won several gold medals.[1]

He won the silver medal in Mosaic discus event at the 2017 IAADS European Athletics Championships held in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.[2] At the 2018 World Championships for Athletes with Down Syndrome in Madeira, Portugal, he became world champion in shot put event, and won two silver medals in discus and 200 m.[1][3][4] He became European champion and set a world record in the shot put event of the 2019 Open European Championships for Athletes with Down Syndrome in Tampere, Finland.[5][6][7]

Achievements[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Turkey
2017 IAADS European Athletics Championships Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal 2nd Mosaic Discus 23.38 m
2018 World Championships for Athletes with Down Syndrome Madeira, Portogal 4th Javelin (600 g) 12.73
1st Shot put
(4 kg) 		10.04 m
2nd Discus
(1 kg) 		25.77 m
2nd 200 m 32.14
2019 5th IAADS Open European Athletics Championships Tampere, Finland 1st Mosaic Shot put 10,96 m
WR

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Çavuş, Mustafa (16 October 2018). "Özel sporcu Ali başarıya doymuyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ^ "RResultados Campenato Europa IAADS.pdf" (in Portuguese). Associação de Atletismo do Porto. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Turkey wins 11 medals in Down Syndrome championships". Hürriyet Daily News. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  4. ^ "5th IAADS Down Syndrome World Athletics Championships" (PDF). Associação de Atletismo R.A.Madeira. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Down Sendromlu milli sporcu Ali Topaloğlu'ndan dünya rekoru". Sabah (in Turkish). 28 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Results of the IAADS Athletics European Championships, Tampere, Finland" (PDF). Tampere 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Turkey wins 28 medals in Down syndrome championships". Hürriyet Daily News. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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