Ferhat Arıcan

Ferhat Arıcan (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the parallel bars.

Ferhat Arıcan
Personal information
Country represented	Turkey
Born	(1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 İzmir, Turkey
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2010–present (TUR)
Club	Göztepe
Head coach(es)	Yilmaz Goktekin Ievgeni Kozin
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing Turkey Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 European Games 0 0 1 European Championships 2 3 3 Mediterranean Games 2 1 3 Islamic Solidarity Games 4 0 1 Youth Olympic Games 0 1 0 Total 8 5 9 Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Parallel Bars European Games 2019 Minsk Parallel Bars European Championships 2020 Mersin Parallel Bars 2021 Basel Parallel Bars 2020 Mersin Team 2023 Antalya Team 2023 Antalya Parallel Bars 2019 Szczecin Parallel Bars 2020 Mersin Pommel Horse 2022 Munich Team Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Team 2022 Oran Parallel Bars 2018 Tarragona Team 2013 Mersin Parallel Bars 2018 Tarragona Vault 2022 Oran Pommel Horse Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku Team 2017 Baku Parallel Bars 2021 Konya Team 2021 Konya Parallel Bars 2021 Konya Pommel Horse Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore Vault

Personal life

Arıcan was born in Konak, İzmir in 1993. He took up gymnastics when he was 9–10 years old. He studied sports administration at Ege University.

Gymnastics career

2010

Arıcan was selected to represent Turkey at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. He won silver on vault behind Ganbatyn Erdenebold of Mongolia.

2014

Arıcan competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China. He was originally a reserve athlete for the all-around; however he was called up to compete when Alexander Shatilov withdrew. He placed twenty-third.

2015

At the European Championships Arıcan placed 24th in the all-around and seventh on parallel bars. At the European Games he placed eleventh in the all-around and sixth on vault and parallel bars. At the World Championships he placed 53rd in the all-around during qualifications.

Arıcan on the parallel bars at the 2015 European Championships

2016

Arıcan competed at the Olympic Test Event where he earned an individual berth to compete at the upcoming Olympic Games. In doing so he became the first Turkish male gymnast in 108 to qualify to compete at the Olympics after Aleko Mulos did so in 1908. At the Olympic Games Arıcan placed 41st in the all-around during qualifications and did not qualify for any event finals.

2017

At the European Championships Arıcan placed eighth in the all-around and on pommel horse and placed seventh on the parallel bars. He competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games alongside Ahmet Önder and İbrahim Çolak; they finished first as a team. Individually Arıcan placed first on parallel bars and second on horizontal bar. At the World Championships Arıcan placed twentieth in the all-around and also qualified to his first apparatus event final, the parallel bars. He finished eighth on the event.

2018

Arıcan competed at the World Cups in Baku and Doha and the World Challenge Cups in Koper and Mersin; he earned five bronze medals. At the Mediterranean Games he helped Turkey place second as a team and individually he won bronze on the parallel bars. Arıcan placed nineteenth in the all-around at the World Championships.

2019

Arıcan competed at the World Cups in Melbourne, Baku, and Doha. At the European Championships He placed tenth in the all-around and fifth on pommel horse but won his first European medal, a bronze on parallel bars. Arıcan next competed at the European Games where he won another bronze on parallel bars. At the World Championships that year he placed fifth on the event.

2020

Arıcan competed at the Baku World Cup; however the competition was canceled after qualifications due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many other competitions were either canceled or postponed throughout the year. In December the European Championships were held. Arıcan helped Turkey win the silver medal behind Ukraine in the team competition. Individually Arıcan won gold on the parallel bars and bronze on pommel horse.

2021

Arıcan defended his parallel bars title at the European Championships. He also picked up gold medals on the apparatus at the Osijek Challenge Cup and the Doha World Cup.

Arıcan competed at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He won the bronze medal on the parallel bars behind Zou Jingyuan and Lukas Dauser. With this medal he became the first athlete representing Turkey to earn an Olympic Medal in artistic gymnastics.

2022

Arıcan (left) at the Islamic Solidarity Games

Arıcan began the year competing at the World Cups in Cottbus, Cairo, and Baku and the World Challenge Cup in Osijek; he earned one gold medal and two silver medals on the parallel bars. He competed at the Mediterranean Games where he helped Turkey win gold in the team competition. Additionally he won gold on parallel bars and bronze on pommel horse. Arıcan next competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games alongside Adem Asil and Ahmet Önder; together they won gold as a team. Individually Arıcan once again won gold on parallel bars and bronze on pommel horse. He next competed at the European Championships where he helped Turkey win team bronze behind Great Britain and Italy. Individually Arıcan placed fifth on pommel horse and seventh on the parallel bars.

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
Junior
2010
	European Championships							6
	Youth Olympic Games
Senior
2010
	World Championships		114
2011
	World Championships		104
2013
	European Championships		23
	Mediterranean Games		6				5
	World Championships				67			103
2014	Cottbus World Cup				17			25
	European Championships	19
	World Championships		23
2015	Cottbus World Cup							17
	Doha World Cup						6	7
	European Championships		24					7
	Varna Challenge Cup			6	4		7
	European Games		11				6	6
	Osijek Challenge Cup
	World Championships		53
2016	Baku World Cup				6
	Doha World Cup			7				6
	Olympic Test Event		11
	European Championships	11
	Mersin Challenge Cup						4
	Olympic Games		41
2017	Melbourne World Cup				5		8		6
	Doha World Cup			7	4		5	4
	European Championships		8		8			7
	Islamic Solidarity Games
	Szombathely Challenge Cup
	World Championships		20					8
2018	Baku World Cup
	Doha World Cup			8	7
	Koper Challenge Cup						10
	Mediterranean Games
	Mersin Challenge Cup				6		6
	European Championships							10
	Paris Challenge Cup							6
	World Championships		19
	Cottbus World Cup
2019	Melbourne World Cup				5
	Turkish Championships
	Baku World Cup
	Doha World Cup							6
	European Championships		10		5
	European Games		9
	Mersin Challenge Cup
	World Championships		33					5
	Cottbus World Cup							6
2020	Turkish Championships
	Baku World Cup
	European Championships						6
2021	Turkish Championships
	European Championships
	Osijek Challenge Cup				4
	Doha World Cup				7
	Olympic Games
2022	Cottbus World Cup				15
	Cairo World Cup
	Baku World Cup
	Osijek Challenge Cup				6
	Mediterranean Games
	Islamic Solidarity Games
	European Championships				5			7
	Paris Challenge Cup				8			6
	Mersin Challenge Cup
	World Championships	11						4
2023	DTB Pokal Team Challenge				4
	European Championships
	World Championships	10
2024	Turkish Championships
	Olympic Games	9						5

External links

• Ferhat Arican at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Ferhat Arican at Olympics.com
• Ferhat Arican at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Ferhat Arıcan at Olympedia
• Ferhat Arıcan at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
• Ferhat Arıcan at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)