Özkan Baltacı
.jpg) Özkan Baltacı in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 13 February 1994 İzmir, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fenerbahçe Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Özkan Baltacı (born 13 February 1994) is a Turkish hammer thrower.
Sport career
[edit]Baltacı is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics in Istanbul.[1]
In age-specific categories, he won the silver medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships,[2] the bronze medal at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival and finished tenth at the 2012 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2010 World Junior Championships and the 2015 European U23 Championships without reaching the final.
He finished ninth at the 2016 European Championships, won the silver medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, finished fifth at the 2017 Universiade and finished twelfth at the 2017 World Championships. He also competed at the 2018 European Championships without reaching the final. He won the gold medal at the Athletics at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy.[3]
His personal best throw is 76.84 metres, achieved in May 2018 in Mersin.<ref=bio/>
Baltacı represented Turkey at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France finishing in the 27th place with his hammer throw of 71.40 m.[1]
He won the silver medal in the hammer throw event with 74.58 m at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Maribor, Slovenia. He contributed to his team's record with 15 points.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Fenerbahçeli millî atletimiz Özkan Baltacı, Paris 2024 Olimpiyat Oyunları'nda mücadele etti" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Özkan Baltacı at World Athletics
- ^ "Özkan Baltacı'dan altın madalya". Habertürk (in Turkish). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "Avrupa Takımlar Şampiyonası (1. Gün)" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Özkan Baltacı at World Athletics
- Ozkan Baltaci at Olympics.com
- Ozkan Baltaci at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Özkan Baltacı at Olympedia
- Özkan Baltacı at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Özkan Baltacı at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
World University Games champions in men's hammer throw | |
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from İzmir
- Turkish male hammer throwers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Turkey
- FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Turkey
- Olympic male hammer throwers
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey
- Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Turkey
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Fenerbahçe athletes