Ali Kemal Tüfekçi

Ali Kemal Tüfekçi (born 8 September 1973) is a Turkish former sailor, who specialized in the Laser and Finn classes.[1] He represented his country Turkey in the single-handed boat at the 2000 Summer Olympics, before switching to a heavyweight version on his second trip to Beijing 2008.[2] Tüfekçi trained throughout his sporting career for Istanbul Sailing Club (Turkish: İstanbul Yelken Kulübü).

Ali Kemal Tüfekçi
Personal information
Full nameAli Kemal Tüfekçi
Nickname(s)Sensey
Nationality Turkey
Born (1973-09-08) 8 September 1973
Rize, Turkey
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
Clubİstanbul Yelken Kulübü
CoachTolga Rangavis

Tüfekçi made his Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, sailing in the Laser class.[3] There, he accumulated a net grade of 254 points to take a lowly thirty-fourth overall spot out of 43 entrants at the end of the eleven-race series.[4]

Tüfekçi sought to bid for his second consecutive trip to the Games in Athens 2004, but he lost to the newcomer and eventual two-time Olympian Kemal Muslubaş based on the federation's selection criteria.[5]

Eight years after his maiden Games, Tüfekçi gained some weight and thereby moved to the larger Finn class for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Building up to his Olympic selection, he finished thirty-ninth overall out of 50 sailors in the golden fleet to secure the last of six quota spots available at the Finn Gold Cup nearly seven months earlier in Melbourne, Australia.[2][6] Coming from behind of the fleet with scores lower than the tenth position, Tüfekçi charged his way to the left for a credible top-six mark on the seventh leg. Tüfekçi's best result, however, was not enough to put him through to the medal race, sitting him in the twentieth overall spot with 107 net points.[7][8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ali Kemal Tüfekçi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Ali Kemal Tüfekçi vizeyi aldı" [Ali Kemal Tüfekçi received the ticket] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 29 January 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. "İlk Türk kafilesi yola çıktı" [The first batch of Turkish athletes has set off] (in Turkish). NTV. 2 September 2000. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Sailing – Men's Laser Class". Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 131. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. "Atinaya ilk bilet Tüfekçinin" [Tüfekçi gets the first ticket to Athens] (in Turkish). Türkiye. 25 September 2002. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  6. "All Square At Finn Gold Cup". World Sailing. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. "Beijing 2008: Mixed Finn Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  8. "Ainslie olimpiyat altınlarını üçledi" [Ainslie wins his third Olympic gold] (in Turkish). CNN Türk. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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