Derin Atakan (born 16 June 2006) is a Turkish female kitesurfer competing in the Formula Kite class.[1] She qualified to participate at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France.[2]
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| Born | 16 June 2006 Istanbul, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||
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| Class | Formula Kite | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fenerbahçe Sailing | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAtakan was a member of Urla Marine Club in İzmir,[3][4] before she transferred to Fenerbahçe Sailing.[1][2]
She became Turkish champion in the U21 Girls category of the Formula Kite at the 2022-23 TYF League.[5] She won the first leg of the 2023-24 TYF League in Urla, İzmir.[6] She was admitted to the Turkey national team of Formula Kite, which was included for the first time into the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4]
She took part for the first time at the Youth Sailing World Championships held in Al-Musannah, Oman,[4] and placed fourth.[7] She won the bronze medal in the girls Formula Kite event in 2022 at the Youth Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands,[3] and the gold medal in 2023 in Búzios, Brazil.[1][8]
She competed and ranked 4th in the 2024 Last Chance Regatta of the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification in Hyères, France. The last five of the 20 places for women kitefoilers at the Olympics were awarded at the Last Chance Regatta in April 2024 to the Austrian Surfer Alina Kornelli, the Swiss surfer Elena Lengwiler, Julia Damasiewicz of Poland, Mafalda Pires de Lima of Portugal and[9] Atakan qualified to represent her country at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France.[2]
In July 2024 she was at the Formula Kite Youth World Championship in the southern Italian town of Gizzeria. The four surfers in the final were her, the French woman Lysa Caval, Catalina Turienzo and Magdalena Woyciechowska from Poland. The Argentine Catalina Turienzo won the race. The former champion Lysa Caval was second and Atakan took the Bronze medal[10]
Personal life
editDerin Atakan was born in Istanbul on 16 June 2006.[8][11][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Milli yelkencimiz Derin Atakan, Formula Kite Gençler Dünya Şampiyonu oldu" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Derin Atakan, olimpiyatlara kota aldı". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 25 April 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Genç milli yelkencilerden Dünya Şampiyonası'nda birer gümüş ve bronz madalya". Haberler (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Urlalı Derin'in hedefi Paris Olimpiyat Oyunları". Milliyet (in Turkish). 7 July 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Lise Öğrencimiz Derin Atakan U21 Formula Kite Türkiye Şampiyonu Oldu" (in Turkish). Itmak Schools. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Derin ATAKAN 1. Ayak Kite Yarışları'nda Türkiye 1'incisi Oldu" (in Turkish). Irmak Schools. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "2021 Youth Sailing World Championships - Formula kite female". Sailing. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ a b "'Madalya istiyorum dedim ve alıp döndüm'". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 24 December 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Formula Kite: the 40 qualified athletes for Paris 2024". Surfer Today. 12 January 2024.
- ^ Media, Event (8 July 2024). "Formula Kite Youth Worlds – Gian Andrea Stragioti and Catalina Turienzo are 2024 Youth World Champions". Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "TYF Yelken Ligi 2. Ayak Formula Kite Yarışları (2024 Türkiye Şampiyonası) Sporcu Listesi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Yelken Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
External links
edit- Derin Atakan at World Sailing
- Derin Atakan at Olympics.com
- Derin Atakan at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Derin Atakan at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Derin Atakan at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)