Alican Kaynar

Alican Kaynar
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born October 30, 1988
Istanbul, Turkey
Residence Istanbul
Education Industrial engineering
Alma mater Bahçeşehir University
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) (2012)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb) (2012)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Sailing
Event(s) Finn class
Club Fenerbahçe Sailing
Coached by Mehmet Dinçay

Alican Kaynar (born October 30, 1988 in Istanbul, Turkey) 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 is a student of Industrial engineering at the Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul.[2]

He qualified for participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[1] and at the Finn class event, he placed 18th with 154 points.[3]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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 [4]
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] |}

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında-Yelken-Alican Kaynar" (in Turkish). GSB. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  2. "2010 Yılı-Alican Kaynar" (in Turkish). TYF. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "London 2012 Sailing,Finn - One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) men Final". Olympic. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  4. "Yelkencilerimiz Balkan’da fırtına gibi esti" (in Turkish). Turk Sail. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2012-07-11.