Alican Kaynar

Alican Kaynar (born 30 October 1988) is a Turkish yacht racer competing in the Finn class. The 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall athlete at 100 kg (220 lb) is a member of Fenerbahçe Sailing, where he is coached by Mehmet Dinçay.[1]

Alican Kaynar
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1988-10-30) 30 October 1988
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationIndustrial engineering
Alma materBahçeşehir University
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) (2012)
Weight100 kg (220 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportSailing
Event(s)Finn class
ClubFenerbahçe Sailing
Coached byMehmet Dinçay
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing  Turkey
Balkan Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 Burgas J Finn
Silver medal – second place2009 Donji Milanovac J Finn

Alican Kaynar is a student of Industrial engineering at the Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul.[2]

He qualified for participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[1] in the Finn class event, he placed 18th with 154 points.[3] He competed in the same event at the 2016 Olympics, finishing in 13th.[4][5]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Turkey
2009 Athens Eurolymp Week Athens, Greece 8th Finn [1]
Istanbul Sail Week Istanbul, Turkey 2nd Finn [1]
Balkan & Open Sailing Championship Donji Milanovac, Serbia 2nd Junior Finn [6]
2010 Balkan & Open Sailing Championship Burgas, Bulgaria 1st Junior Finn [1]
2011 Expert Garda Week Garda, Italy 14th Finn [1]
2012 London Olympic Games Weymouth, Great Britain 18th Finn [3]
2013 2013 Finn European Championship Warnemünde, Germany 10th Finn [1]
2016 Rio Olympic Games Marina da Glória, Brazil 13th Finn [4]
2017 Sailing World Cup Hyères, France 1st Finn

References
  1. "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında-Yelken-Alican Kaynar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. "2010 Yılı-Alican Kaynar" (in Turkish). TYF. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. "London 2012 Sailing, Finn - One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) men Final". Olympic.org. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  4. "Results - Finn Men - Sailing - Rio 2016 - Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alican Kaynar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  6. "Yelkencilerimiz Balkan'da fırtına gibi esti" (in Turkish). Turk Sail. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2012.


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