Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak (born 3 January 2001) is a Turkish Olympian sailor who specializes in the Laser Radial class. He is a member of the Fenerbahçe Sailing.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||
Born | Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey | 3 January 2001||||||||||||||
Education | Engineering management | ||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Bahçeşehir University | ||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
Class | Laser Radial | ||||||||||||||
Club | Fenerbahçe Sailing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Sport career
editÇitak is a member of Fenerbahçe Sailing.[1][2]
2019
editÇıtak captured the gold medal in the Laser Radial (ILCA 6)class at the Youth Sailing World Championships|2019 Youth Sailing World Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[3][4]
Laser Radial Boys Youth Sailing World Championships medallists
edit2022
editHe took part in the Laser class at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, and ramked 14th.[12]
2024
editÇitak competed in the Gold Group of the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championship in Adelaide, Australia, and placed 28th among 51 participants. This result enabled him to receive a quota to resprent his country at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[2] He competed in the Laser Standard (ILCA 7) class, and placed 23rd.[13]
Personal life
editÇıtak was born on 3 January 2001.[1]
He completed his secondary education with high degrees in the TED Bodum College.[3][14] He is a student of Engineering management at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul.[14]
References
edit- ^ a b "Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b Tiryaki, Erkan (31 January 2024). "Milli yelkenci Yiğit Yalçın Çitak, 2024 Paris'e kota aldı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Öğrencimiz Yiğit Yalçın Çitak Bir Kez Daha Dünya Şampiyonu!" (in Turkish). TED Bodrum Koleji. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (28 July 2019). "Citak takes lead in boys' event at Laser Radial Youth World Championships". Inside the Game. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ http://www.worldsailingywc.org/results/2017_sanya_china.php
- ^ http://seedat.me/YWResults/18_YW_larb.html
- ^ https://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/lar_boys.html
- ^ https://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/2021yswcSingleHandedDinghyMale.html
- ^ https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/Home/ResultsFragment/event/a6bf5f87-acbb-493c-99e0-964914a9ee6c/regatta/3325fc42-bef3-4d46-8d90-c10c761acf1d?styleName=ywch22
- ^ https://www.manage2sail.com/En-US/event/Youth23#!/results?classId=c52a2596-869b-44d7-a08c-c4e5c363f9f6
- ^ https://d3feeyouts5dvk.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/YWCH24/SALMILCA6-------------------------/Fleet_Overall_21.0_C74FX8035.PDF
- ^ "2022 Akdeniz Oyunları'nda Milli Takımımızdan Büyük Başarı" (in Turkish). Türkiye elken Federasyonu. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak, yelken branşında 23. oldu". Sözcü (in Turkish). 5 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Yiğit Yalçın Çitak kimdir? Nereli, kaç yaşında? Evli mi?". Haber 61 (in Turkish). 4 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.