The 2023 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships were held from 13 to 15 January 2023 in Gdańsk , Poland .
6-558: Akar is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Furkan Akar (born 2002), Turkish short track speed skater Hulusi Akar (born 1952), Turkish Army general Meltem Akar (born 1982), Turkish female boxer Nasuh Akar (1925–1984), Turkish sports wrestler Rıdvan Akar (born 1961), Turkish journalist and author Zeina Akar (born c. 1964 ), Lebanese politician Zeki Akar (born 1944), Turkish judge [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
12-528: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Furkan Akar Furkan Akar (born 6 March 2002) is a Turkish Olympian short track speed skater . He is the first representative of Turkey at the Olympic Games in short track speed skating . He is also the first and only Turkish athlete placed in "Top 10" at the Winter Olympics by finishing 6th in the 1000-meter event at
18-574: The 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup , where he ranked 17th. He won a place at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing , China. He was named flagbearer along with Ayşenur Duman at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics . He competed in the short track speed skating 1000m event, and finished the Final B in second place with 1:36.052. He ranked 6th in total. He ranked 3rd at the 2023 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships and 6th at
24-468: The 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing , China . Akar finished third (1:34.780) and gained a bronz medal in the 2023 European Championship 1000 metres race, a first for Turkey. Furkan Akar was born in Erzurum , Turkey on 6 March 2002. He started motivated performing winter sportby his brother while he was watching him in training. Aged nine, he began skiing. He is a student of Sport coaching in
30-438: The surname Akar . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akar&oldid=1100154702 " Categories : Surnames Turkish-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
36-706: The Sport Science Faculty at Atatürk University in Erzurum. Akar competes in short track speed skating with the license of Erzurum G.S.İ.M. He has been in the national team since 2015. He took the bronze medal in the Boys' 500m and the silver medal in the 1500m event at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival held in Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina. He participated in the Men's 1000m event at
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