Fenerbahçe Athletics
Encyclopedia
Fenerbahçe Athletics is the men's and women's athletics section of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club
in Istanbul
, Turkey
.
Fenerbahçe Athletics use Dereağzı Facilities.
Morocco
South Africa
Belarus
Eşref Apak
Anzhela Atroshchenko
Fatih Avan
Youssef Baba
- 1500 m, African champion Donovan Bailey
- 100 m, former world recorder, two times olympic gold medalist and world champion Jade Bailey
Selim Bayrak (born Shimelis Legese)
Ockert Cilliers
Justin Gatlin
- 100 m, Olympic gold medalist and world champion Ramil Guliyev
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu (born Yelena Kopytova)
Kemal Koyuncu
Yuliya Krevsun
Karin Melis Mey (born Karin Mey) - long jump, bronze medalist in world championship Ercüment Olgundeniz
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Merlene Ottey
- 200 m and 4x100 m, world champion
Tatyana Polnova
- pole vaulter, bronze medalist in both world and european championshpis Ionela Târlea - 400 m hurdles, 2004 olympic silver medalist Nevin Yanıt
- 100 m hurdles, european champion
Sports club
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in Istanbul
Istanbul
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, Turkey
Turkey
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Fenerbahçe Athletics use Dereağzı Facilities.
Technical staff
| Name | Nat. | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Turan Şahin | |
Manager |
| Fikret Çetinkaya | |
Branches Captain |
| Edip Akarsu | |
Coordinator |
| Gürsal Özyurt | |
Coach |
| Ziya Özel | |
Coach |
| Mesut Tümay | |
Coach |
| Ramazan Kutlu | |
Coach |
| Artun Talay | |
Coach |
| Şenol Özdemir | |
Coach |
| Cahit Yüksel | |
Youth Academy Director |
Men's squad
- Oğuz Akça
- Halil AkkaşHalil AkkasHalil Akkaş is a Turkish middle distance runner. He was born in Kütahya.He won the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2005 World Student Games...
- Caner Alagöz
- Karer Alagöz
- Mustafa Altınel
- Görkem Arbaş Ballı
- Orhan Arslan
- Mustafa Aslaner
- İsmail Aslan
- Hüseyin Atıcı
- Fatih AvanFatih AvanFatih Avan is a male Turkish javelin thrower. He is member of Istanbul Fenerbahçe Athletics Club.Avan participated at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy and won the gold medal with a personal best throw of 79.78 m...
- Onur Aycibin
- Furhan Aydın
- Osman Baş
- Selim BayrakSelim BayrakMert Girmalegesse, formerly Shimelis Girma , then Selim Bayrak , is an Ethiopian born Turkish middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 3000 m, 5000 m and also 10000 m.-Personal life:Born and raised in Ethiopia, he transferred to Turkey for an amount of US$1...
- Tuğhan Belbek
- Emre Biçer
- Serhat Birinci
- Turgay Çabukel
- Gürbüz Çam
- Emrah Çoban
- Oğuzhan Demir
- Ali Dereli
- Metin Durmuşoğlu
- Erkin Değirmencioğlu
- Samet Eren
- Gökalp Eroğul
- Cenk Erol
- Fatih Eryıldırım
- Oytun Gören
- Ramil GuliyevRamil GuliyevRamil Guliyev is a Azerbaijani-born Turkish sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He competed at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 200 m.He holds the national and...
- Ahmet Güllüel
- Sedat Günen
- Vedat Günen
- Gökhan Günendi
- Uğur Hocaoğlu
- Oğuz Hümmetler
- Koray İmrak
- Çağlar Kahramanoğlu
- Rıza Arif Karabacak
- Emre Karademir
- Samet Keskinbaş
- Kemal KoyuncuKemal KoyuncuKemal Koyuncu is a Turkish middle and long-distance runner. He is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics club in Istanbul.-Achievements:...
- Berk Köksal
- Ensar Kurutulmuş
- Ertan Nuh
- Ercüment OlgundenizErcüment OlgundenizErcüment Olgundeniz is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in discus throw and occasionally shot put. Olgundeniz is a member of the Fenerbahçe Athletics Club....
- Ali Özcan
- Uğur Özcan
- Mehmet Özçelik
- Sezai Özkaya
- Hasan Pak
- Hüseyin Pak
- Serhat Polat
- Mahir Sefertaş
- Muzaffer Soysal
- Ümit Sungur
- Ercan Şentürk
- Serdar Tamaç
- Umut Toyer
- Hüseyin Yağlı
- Şükrü Yaman
- Fatih Yıldırım
- Veysel Yıldırım
- Mustafa Yıldız
- Haşim Yılmaz
- Serkan Kaan Yüksel
- Yordan IlinovYordan IlinovYordan Ilinov is a Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the 2005 Balkan Games. He competed at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships, but on both occasions only reached the semi-final....
MoroccoMorocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
- Youssef BabaYoussef BabaYoussef Baba is an athlete from Morocco who specialises in middle distance running. He was born in Khenifra. He is member of Turkish multi sport club Fenerbahçe SK.-Achievements:- External links :*...
South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
- Ockert CilliersOckert CilliersOckert Cilliers is a South African 400 m hurdler. Born in Vanderbijlpark, Cilliers now lives in Potchefstroom . He is 1.70 m tall and weighs 74 kg....
Women's squad
- Ahenk Acarbay
- Sibel Ağan
- Gökçe Akkaya
- Cemra Alagöz
- Yeşim Baloğlu
- Gamze Bulut
- Seda Can
- Yağmur Damla Demiralp
- Şerife Beyza Duru
- Meral Eliaçık
- Meliha Erdoğan
- Kamile Hilal Eser
- Başak Gümüşay
- Mevre Günegi
- Pınar Hancı
- İmge İçar
- Serpil İnan
- Nazlı İnce
- Nagihan Karadere
- Dudu Karakaya
- Kıvılcım Kaya
- Esen Kızıldağ
- Serpil Koçak
- Burçin Kömür
- Ece Esin Küken
- Hazal Melike Özağı
- Karin Melis Mey
- Buse Över
- Verda Özdemir
- Ayşula Özgen
- Nilgün Öztürk
- Saliha Özyurt
- Hülya Sağlam
- Ahu Solak
- Şule Şahbaz
- Tuğçe Şahuroğlu
- Ümral Naz Tanrıan
- Aysel Taş
- Yağmur Taş
- Elif Tokatlıoğlu
- Didem Topçuoğlu
- Mukadder Ulusoy
- Zeynep Uzun
- İlayda Yalçınkaya
- Nevin YanıtNevin YanıtNevin Yanıt, is a Turkish female sprinter competing in hurdling, especially in 100 m hurdles. Currently, she is majoring in Physical Education at Mersin University, and a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club...
- Başak Yörük
- Jade BaileyJade BaileyJade Bailey is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Barbados.Bailey lives in Barbados and is coached by Keith Thornhill,her agent is Andre Thomas of [Athletes.first Sports Management http://www.athletes-first.de/]She won the bronze medal in 200 metres at the [2006...
BelarusBelarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
- Vera Yepimashko
- Tatyana PolnovaTatyana PolnovaTatyana Polnova , née Zaykova is a Russian pole vaulter. Between 1998 and 2002 she competed for Turkey under the Turkish name Tuna Köstem. She is currently Fenerbahçe Athletics Club member....
- Yuliya KrevsunYuliya KrevsunYuliya Krevsun is a Ukrainian middle-distance athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club in Turkey....
International success
- European Champion Clubs' Cup:
- Winners (2): 1993 (Group B), 1998 (Group C)
- Runners-up (2): 1995 (Group B), 2006 (Group B)
- Sixth (1): 2007 (Group A)
Domestic success
- Turkish Men's Athletics League:
- Winners (19): 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
- Turkish Men's Athletics Championship:
- Winners (11): 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1984, 1985, 1987
- Turkish Cross Country Championship:
- Winners (13): 1956, 1959, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1995
- Throws League:
- Winner (1): 2007
- Istanbul Championship:
- Winners (22): 1939, 1940, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988
- Rose Cup:
- Winner (17): 1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960
International success
- European Champion Clubs' Cup:
- Runners-up (2): 1997 (Group C), 1998 (Group B)
Domestic success
- Turkish Women's Athletics League:
- Winner (6): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2009
- Runners-up (9): 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Turkish Women's Athletics Championship:
- Winners (9): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
- Turkish Cross Country Championship:
- Winners (2): 1999, 2001
- Turkish Throws League:
- Winners (1): 2007
- Istanbul Championship:
- Winners (12): 1926, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970
Notable athletes
Halil AkkaşHalil Akkas
Halil Akkaş is a Turkish middle distance runner. He was born in Kütahya.He won the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2005 World Student Games...
Eşref Apak
Esref Apak
Eşref Apak is a Turkish hammer thrower.Apak took part at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won a surprising bronze medal with 79.51 m after the gold medalist Hungarian athlete Adrián Annus was disqualified by IOC for a doping violation...
Anzhela AtroshchenkoAnzhela Atroshchenko
Anzhela Atroshchenko-Kinet is a former Turkish athlete of Belarusian descent. She competed in the pentathlon and heptathlon category.-Biography:Atroshchenko started her career in athletics with pentathlon at the age of 14 years...
Fatih Avan
Fatih Avan
Fatih Avan is a male Turkish javelin thrower. He is member of Istanbul Fenerbahçe Athletics Club.Avan participated at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy and won the gold medal with a personal best throw of 79.78 m...
Youssef Baba
Youssef Baba
Youssef Baba is an athlete from Morocco who specialises in middle distance running. He was born in Khenifra. He is member of Turkish multi sport club Fenerbahçe SK.-Achievements:- External links :*...
- 1500 m, African champion Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m...
- 100 m, former world recorder, two times olympic gold medalist and world champion Jade Bailey
Jade Bailey
Jade Bailey is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Barbados.Bailey lives in Barbados and is coached by Keith Thornhill,her agent is Andre Thomas of [Athletes.first Sports Management http://www.athletes-first.de/]She won the bronze medal in 200 metres at the [2006...
Selim Bayrak (born Shimelis Legese)Selim Bayrak
Mert Girmalegesse, formerly Shimelis Girma , then Selim Bayrak , is an Ethiopian born Turkish middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 3000 m, 5000 m and also 10000 m.-Personal life:Born and raised in Ethiopia, he transferred to Turkey for an amount of US$1...
Ockert Cilliers
Ockert Cilliers
Ockert Cilliers is a South African 400 m hurdler. Born in Vanderbijlpark, Cilliers now lives in Potchefstroom . He is 1.70 m tall and weighs 74 kg....
Justin Gatlin
Justin Gatlin
Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...
- 100 m, Olympic gold medalist and world champion Ramil Guliyev
Ramil Guliyev
Ramil Guliyev is a Azerbaijani-born Turkish sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He competed at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 200 m.He holds the national and...
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu (born Yelena Kopytova)Ebru Kavaklioglu
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu is a retired long-distance runner who specialized mainly in the 5000 metres....
Kemal Koyuncu
Kemal Koyuncu
Kemal Koyuncu is a Turkish middle and long-distance runner. He is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics club in Istanbul.-Achievements:...
Yuliya Krevsun
Yuliya Krevsun
Yuliya Krevsun is a Ukrainian middle-distance athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club in Turkey....
Karin Melis Mey (born Karin Mey) - long jump, bronze medalist in world championship Ercüment OlgundenizErcüment Olgundeniz
Ercüment Olgundeniz is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in discus throw and occasionally shot put. Olgundeniz is a member of the Fenerbahçe Athletics Club....
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Merlene OtteyMerlene Ottey
Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides...
- 200 m and 4x100 m, world champion
Tatyana PolnovaTatyana Polnova
Tatyana Polnova , née Zaykova is a Russian pole vaulter. Between 1998 and 2002 she competed for Turkey under the Turkish name Tuna Köstem. She is currently Fenerbahçe Athletics Club member....
- pole vaulter, bronze medalist in both world and european championshpis Ionela Târlea - 400 m hurdles, 2004 olympic silver medalist Nevin Yanıt
Nevin Yanıt
Nevin Yanıt, is a Turkish female sprinter competing in hurdling, especially in 100 m hurdles. Currently, she is majoring in Physical Education at Mersin University, and a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club...
- 100 m hurdles, european champion