Turkey to compete in 12 Olympic disciplines in Beijing
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Anatolian Agency
OluÅŸturulma Tarihi: AÄŸustos 07, 2008 13:44
Turkey will compete in 12 events for the first time in its history at the 29th Summer Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, in the People's Republic of China, August 8-24.
Haberin Devamı
Sixty-eight athletes, including 20 women, will vie for a medal in the events of athletics, wrestling, weight-lifting, Taekwondo, boxing, swimming, sailing, table tennis, archery, shooting, judo and cycling.
Sixteen athletes will compete in athletics, 13 in wrestling, 6 in weight-lifting, 4 in Taekwondo, 5 in boxing, 11 in swimming, 6 in sailing, 2 in table tennis, 2 in archery, 1 in shooting, 1 in judo and 1 in cycling.
The names of Turkish athletes are as follows:
| DISCIPLINE | ATHLETE | EVENT |
| Shooting   | Yusuf Dikec | 10 m. air pistol and 50 m. free pistol |
| Athletics | Turkan Erismis | 3,000 m steeplechase |
| Athletics | Svetlana Sudak | Hammer throw |
| Athletics | Selim Bayrak | 10,000 m |
| Athletics | Recep Celik | 20 km walk |
| Athletics | Ozge Gurler | 400 m hurdles |
| Athletics | Nevin Yanit | 100 m hurdles |
| Athletics | Merve Aydin | 800 m |
| Athletics | Karin Melis Mey | Long-jump |
| Athletics | Halil Akkas | 3,000 m steeplechase |
| Athletics | Esref Apak | Hammer throw |
| Athletics | Ercument Olgundeniz | Discus throw |
| Athletics | Elvan Abeylegesse | 5,000 m and 10,000 m |
| Athletics | Bahar Dogan | Marathon |
| Athletics | Asli Cakir | 3,000 m steeplechase |
| Athletics | Alemitu Bekele Degfa | 5,000 m |
| Athletics | Abdil Ceylan | Marathon |
| Cycling | Bilal Akgul | Mountain bike |
| Boxing | Yakup Kilic | 57 kg |
| Boxing | Onur Sipal | 60 kg |
| Boxing | Furkan Ulas Memis | 51 kg |
| Boxing | Bahram Muzaffer | 81 kg |
| Boxing | Adem Kilicci | 69 kg |
| Wrestling | Tevfik Odabasi | Free-style 60 kg |
| Wrestling | Soner Sucu | Greko-roman 60 kg |
| Wrestling | Sezar Akgul | Free-style 55 kg |
| Wrestling | Serhat Balci | Free-style 84 kg |
| Wrestling | Seref Tufenk | Greko-roman 74 kg |
| Wrestling | Seref Eroglu | Greko-roman 66 kg |
| Wrestling | Riza Kayaalp | Greko-roman 120 kg |
| Wrestling | Ramazan Sahin | Â Free-style 66 kg |
| Wrestling | Nazmi Avluca | Greko-roman 84 kg |
| Wrestling | Mehmet Ozal | Greko-roman 96 kg |
| Wrestling | Hakan Koc | Free-style 96 kg |
| Wrestling | Aydin Polatci | Free-style 120 kg |
| Wrestling | Ahmet Gulhan | Free-style 74 kg |
| Weight lifting | Taner Sagir | 77 kg |
| Weight lifting | Sibel Ozkan | 48 kg |
| Weight lifting | Sebil Sedat Artuc | 56 kg |
| Weight lifting | Nurcan Taylan | 48 kg |
| Weight lifting | Izzet Ince | 85 kg |
| Weight lifting | Bunyamin Sudas | Â 105 kg |
| Judo | Sezer Huysuz | 73 kg |
| Table tennis | Melek Hu | |
| Table tennis | Cem Zeng | |
| Archery | Zekiye Keskin Satir | 70 m |
| Archery | Yusuf Goktug Ergin | 70 m |
| Taekwondo | Sibel Guler | 67 kg |
| Taekwondo | Servet Tazegul | 68 kg |
| Taekwondo | Bahri Tanrikulu | 80 kg |
| Taekwondo | Azize Tanrikulu | 57 kg |
| Sailing | Sedef Koktenturk | Laser standard |
| Sailing | Kemal Muslubas | Laser standard |
| Windsurfing | Ertugrul Icingir | RS:X |
| Windsurfing | Deniz Cinar | RS:X 4.7 |
| Windsurfing | Ates Cinar | RS:X 4.7 |
| Windsurfing | Ali Kemal Tufekci | RS:X Finn |
| Swimming | Serkan Atasay | 200 meter medley |
| Swimming | Onur Uras | 100 meter butterfly |
| Swimming | Omer Arslanoglu | 200 meter breaststroke |
| Swimming | Kaan Tayla | 50 meter freestyle |
| Swimming | Iris Rosenberger | 100 meter butterfly |
| Swimming | Gulsah Gunenc | 200 meter butterfly |
| Swimming | Ediz Yildirimer | 1,500 meter freestyle |
| Swimming | Dilara Buse Gunaydin | 100-200 m. breaststroke |
| Swimming | Derya Buyukuncu | 100-200 m. backstroke |
| Swimming | Deniz Nazar | 400 meter medley |
| Swimming | Demir Atasoy | 100 meter breaststroke |
Haberin Devamı
Turkey has won a total of 74 Olympic medals including 36 gold, 19 silver and 19 bronze. Turkish wrestlers have won 27 gold medals and weightlifters won 8 gold medals.
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