Ahmet Örken

Ahmet Örken
Personal information
Born March 12, 1993
Çumra, Konya Province, Turkey
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team Torku-Şekerspor
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2012– Konya-Torku-Şekerspor
Infobox last updated on
27 December 2013

Ahmet Örken (born March 12, 1993 in Çumra, Konya Province) is a Turkish professional cyclist riding for UCI Continental team Torku-Şekerspor in Konya. He is 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall at 77 kg (170 lb).[1]

Örken began with cycling sport at the age of fourteen in 2007 at Çumra, Konya Province, where he moved from his village with her mother to enable his older brother's education there. The next year, he entered the cycling team at Çatalhöyük Çumra Municipality Sports Club with the help of his brother.[2]

He became the first ever European champion Turkish cyclist with his win at the 2011 European Track Championships - Junior Men's Omnium held in Portugal.[2][3]

In 2013, Ahmet Örken won solo the sixth stage between Meknes and Khenifra of the Tour du Maroc despite injuries he suffered during a fall he was involved in a mass carambolage at kilometer 20.[2][4] He finished third the stage eight (Beni Mellal-Marrakech) at the same event.[5][6] Örken won the stage four (Kladovo-Požarevac) and six (Sremska Mitrovica-Belgrade) of the Tour de Serbie in 2013.[7][8]

Palmarès

2009
1st National Novice Road Race Championships[9]
1st National Novice Time Trial Championships[10]
1st Balkan Novice Road Race Championships[11]
2010
1st National Junior Road Race Championships[12]
1st National Junior Time Trial Championships[13]
1st Prix des Vins Valloton, Juniors[14]
2011
1st European Track Championships - Junior Men's Omnium[2][15]
2013
1st Stage 6 Tour du Maroc, UCI 2.2[2][5]
Tour de Serbie, UCI 2.2[7][8]
1st Stages 4 & 6
6th Tour of Nanjing

References

  1. ↑ "Ahmet Örken" (in Turkish). Komya Torku Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Örken Türkiye'ye Gurur Yaşattı". Haberler (in Turkish). 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  3. ↑ "Ahmet Örken, bisiklette Avrupa şampiyonu ilk Türk sporcu oldu". Zaman Spor (in Turkish). 2011-08-01. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  4. ↑ "Örken Türkiye'ye gurur yaşattı". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 6th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  6. ↑ "Tour du Maroc 2013 - 8th Stage". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 4 - Kladovo-Pozarvac". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "2013 53rd Tour de Serbie (2.2) Stage 6 - S.Mitrovica- Belgrade". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  9. ↑ "[TUR] National Championship, Road, Novices, Turkey 2009". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  10. ↑ "[TUR] National Championship, Road, ITT, Novices, Turkey 2009". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  11. ↑ "Balkan Championships, Road, Novices 2009". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  12. ↑ "National Championship, Road, Juniors, Turkey 2010". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  13. ↑ "National Championship, Road, ITT, Juniors, Turkey 2010". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  14. ↑ "Prix des vins Valloton, Juniors 2010". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  15. ↑ "European Championship, Track, Omnium, Juniors 2011". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-14.

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