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Beste Kaynakçı

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Beste Kaynakçı
Personal information
Born (1994-04-30) 30 April 1994 (age 30)
Konak, İzmir, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportSailing
EventFour-Seventy
ClubARM Urla Sail Club

Beste Kaynakçı (born 30 April 1994) is a Turkish sailor competing in the Dinghy 470 class. She qualified to participate at the Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Early life and career

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Beste Kaynakçı was born in Konak, İzmir on 30 April 1994. She began in with sailing sport in 2007. She competed in the Optimist, 420 Dinghy,[3] and Four-Seventy classes, and won several titles in national and international competitions.[1] She is a member of the ARM Urla Sail Club in Urla, İzmir.[1][2]

She qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's two-person dinghy – 470 class event with her teammate Okyanus Arıkan. Turkey will participate for the first time in that event at the Olympics.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Beste Kaynakçı-Okyanus Arıkan ikilisinden tarihi başarı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Beste Kaynakçı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Yelken Federasyonu. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ "420 Sınıfı 2011 Yılı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Yelken Federasyonu. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Türkiye, 470 Kadınlar sınıfında ilk defa Olimpiyat Oyunları'nda". Habertürk (in Turkish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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