Bilal Akgül

Bilal Akgül

Bilal Akgul at the men's cross-country event of 2008 Summer Olympics.
Personal information
Born October 13, 1982
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current team Brisaspor, Kocaeli
Discipline Road and mountain biking
Role Rider

Bilal Akgül (born October 13, 1982 in Adana) is a Turkish professional road cyclist and mountain biker riding for team Brisaspor.[1] He is the first ever Turkish Olympian cyclist participating at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4][5]

He became 2005 Turkish mountain biking champion in cross-country at Ankara. The next year, he won the national champion titel in marathon mountain bike race at Çanakkale and the road race. In the 2007 season, Akgül became national mountain biking champion in cross-country and in marathon. He took part at the cross-country event of 2008 Summer Olympics without having finished.[5]

Achievements

Source[2]

2005
 Turkey 1st, Kırıkkale MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kırıkkale
 Greece 2nd, Kos Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kos
 Turkey 1st, Bolu Festival MTB, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bolu
 Turkey 1st, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli
 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ankara
 Turkey 1st, Bursa MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bursa
 Turkey 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir
 Turkey 1st, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye
 Turkey 1st, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova
2006
 Turkey 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana
 Turkey 3rd, Manavgat, Mountainbike-Marathon, Antalya
 Turkey 1st, Gallipoli MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Çanakkale
 Turkey 2nd, Istanbul Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul
 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Road, Elite
 Turkey 2nd, Konya MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Konya
 Turkey 3rd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (a), Göreme
 Turkey 2nd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (c), Ürgüp
 Turkey 3rd, Balkan Championship XC, Mountainbike, Kartepe, Kocaeli
 Turkey 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova
 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale
2007
 Turkey 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana
 Turkey 3rd, Büyükada Cup XCO, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul
 Turkey 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Gaziantep
 Turkey 1st, Polonez Adampol Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul
 Turkey 1st, Ankara MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Ankara
 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ürgüp
 Turkey 3rd, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli
 Turkey 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir
 Turkey 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova
 Turkey 2nd, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye
 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale
2008
 Turkey 3rd, Stage 1 Tacettin Özsavaş Cup TTT
 China 35th, Olympic Games, Mountainbike, Beijing
2010
 Turkey 5th, National Championship, Road, Elite, Bolu
2011
 Turkey 1st, Salcano Turkish Mountainbike Championship, Istanbul/Arnavutköy[1]
2012
 Turkey 3rd, Finike/Antalya, Mountainbike
 Turkey 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1st, Tuzla, Mountainbike
 Turkey 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike (b)
 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Salcano Türkiye Şampiyonu Bilal Akgül". Bisiklet Haber (in Turkish). 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bilal Akgül profile at Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
  3. ↑ "Bilal Akgul". Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
  4. ↑ "Bilal Akgül Sporcu Bilgileri" (in Turkish). Euro Sport. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Bilal Akgül". Sports Reference/Olympic Sports. Retrieved 2013-05-02.