Ferhat Arıcan
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Born | (1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 (age 31) İzmir, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2010–present (TUR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Head coach(es) | Yilmaz Goktekin Ievgeni Kozin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ferhat Arıcan (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the parallel bars.[1]
Personal life
Arıcan was born in Konak, İzmir in 1993. He took up gymnastics when he was 9–10 years old. He studied sports administration at Ege University.[2]
Gymnastics career
2010
Arıcan was selected to represent Turkey at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. He won silver on vault behind Ganbatyn Erdenebold of Mongolia.
2014
Arıcan competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China.[3] He was originally a reserve athlete for the all-around; however he was called up to compete when Alexander Shatilov withdrew. He placed twenty-third.
2015
At the European Championships Arıcan placed 24th in the all-around and seventh on parallel bars. At the European Games he placed eleventh in the all-around and sixth on vault and parallel bars. At the World Championships he placed 53rd in the all-around during qualifications.
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2016
Arıcan competed at the Olympic Test Event where he earned an individual berth to compete at the upcoming Olympic Games. In doing so he became the first Turkish male gymnast in 108 to qualify to compete at the Olympics after Aleko Mulos did so in 1908.[4] At the Olympic Games Arıcan placed 41st in the all-around during qualifications and did not qualify for any event finals.
2017
At the European Championships Arıcan placed eighth in the all-around and on pommel horse and placed seventh on the parallel bars. He competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games alongside Ahmet Önder and İbrahim Çolak; they finished first as a team. Individually Arıcan placed first on parallel bars and second on horizontal bar. At the World Championships Arıcan placed twentieth in the all-around and also qualified to his first apparatus event final, the parallel bars. He finished eighth on the event.
2018
Arıcan competed at the World Cups in Baku and Doha and the World Challenge Cups in Koper and Mersin; he earned five bronze medals. At the Mediterranean Games he helped Turkey place second as a team and individually he won bronze on the parallel bars. Arıcan placed nineteenth in the all-around at the World Championships.
2019
Arıcan competed at the World Cups in Melbourne, Baku, and Doha. At the European Championships He placed tenth in the all-around and fifth on pommel horse but won his first European medal, a bronze on parallel bars. Arıcan next competed at the European Games where he won another bronze on parallel bars. At the World Championships that year he placed fifth on the event.
2020
Arıcan competed at the Baku World Cup; however the competition was canceled after qualifications due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] Many other competitions were either canceled or postponed throughout the year. In December the European Championships were held. Arıcan helped Turkey win the silver medal behind Ukraine in the team competition. Individually Arıcan won gold on the parallel bars and bronze on pommel horse.
2021
Arıcan defended his parallel bars title at the European Championships. He also picked up gold medals on the apparatus at the Osijek Challenge Cup and the Doha World Cup.
Arıcan competed at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He won the bronze medal on the parallel bars behind Zou Jingyuan and Lukas Dauser. With this medal he became the first athlete representing Turkey to earn an Olympic Medal in artistic gymnastics.[6]
2022
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Arıcan began the year competing at the World Cups in Cottbus, Cairo, and Baku and the World Challenge Cup in Osijek; he earned one gold medal and two silver medals on the parallel bars. He competed at the Mediterranean Games where he helped Turkey win gold in the team competition. Additionally he won gold on parallel bars and bronze on pommel horse.[7] Arıcan next competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games alongside Adem Asil and Ahmet Önder; together they won gold as a team. Individually Arıcan once again won gold on parallel bars and bronze on pommel horse. He next competed at the European Championships where he helped Turkey win team bronze behind Great Britain and Italy. Individually Arıcan placed fifth on pommel horse and seventh on the parallel bars.
Competitive history
References
- ^ "TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz". Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "FIG Profile: Ferhat Arıcan". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "2014 World Gymnastics Championships athletes - Ferhat Arican". longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Cimnastikte ilklerin olimpiyatı Rio". Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (in Turkish). April 18, 2016.
- ^ "Finals of Baku World Cup cancelled". International Gymnastics Federation. March 13, 2020.
- ^ "Ferhat Arıcan seals first-ever medal for Turkey in gymnastics". Hürriyet Daily News. August 3, 2021.
- ^ "2022 Mediterranean Games Men's Results". The Gymternet. June 30, 2022.
External links
- Ferhat Arican at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Ferhat Arican at Olympics.com
- Ferhat Arican at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Ferhat Arıcan at Olympedia
- Ferhat Arıcan at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Ferhat Arıcan at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
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