Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 January 2001 Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Engineering management | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Bahçeşehir University | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Class | Laser Radial | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Fenerbahçe Sailing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak (born 3 January 2001) is a Turkish Olympian sailor who specializes in the Laser Radial class. He is a member of the Fenerbahçe Sailing.
Sport career
[edit]Çitak is a member of Fenerbahçe Sailing.[1][2]
2019
[edit]Çıtak captured the gold medal in the Laser Radial (ILCA 6)class at the Youth Sailing World Championships|2019 Youth Sailing World Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[3][4]
Laser Radial Boys Youth Sailing World Championships medallists
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2022
[edit]He took part in the Laser class at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, and ramked 14th.[12]
2024
[edit]Çitak competed in the Gold Group of the 2024 ILCA 7 World Championship in Adelaide, Australia, and placed 28th among 51 participants. This result enabled him to receive a quota to resprent his country at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[2] He competed in the Laser Standard (ILCA 7) class, and placed 23rd.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Çıtak was born on 3 January 2001.[1]
He completed his secondary education with high degrees in the TED Bodum College.[3][14] He is a student of Engineering management at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b Tiryaki, Erkan (31 January 2024). "Milli yelkenci Yiğit Yalçın Çitak, 2024 Paris'e kota aldı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Öğrencimiz Yiğit Yalçın Çitak Bir Kez Daha Dünya Şampiyonu!" (in Turkish). TED Bodrum Koleji. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (28 July 2019). "Citak takes lead in boys' event at Laser Radial Youth World Championships". Inside the Game. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ http://www.worldsailingywc.org/results/2017_sanya_china.php
- ^ http://seedat.me/YWResults/18_YW_larb.html
- ^ https://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/lar_boys.html
- ^ https://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/2021yswcSingleHandedDinghyMale.html
- ^ https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/Home/ResultsFragment/event/a6bf5f87-acbb-493c-99e0-964914a9ee6c/regatta/3325fc42-bef3-4d46-8d90-c10c761acf1d?styleName=ywch22
- ^ https://www.manage2sail.com/En-US/event/Youth23#!/results?classId=c52a2596-869b-44d7-a08c-c4e5c363f9f6
- ^ https://d3feeyouts5dvk.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/YWCH24/SALMILCA6-------------------------/Fleet_Overall_21.0_C74FX8035.PDF
- ^ "2022 Akdeniz Oyunları'nda Milli Takımımızdan Büyük Başarı" (in Turkish). Türkiye elken Federasyonu. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak, yelken branşında 23. oldu". Sözcü (in Turkish). 5 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Yiğit Yalçın Çitak kimdir? Nereli, kaç yaşında? Evli mi?". Haber 61 (in Turkish). 4 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- 2001 births
- People from Bodrum
- Sportspeople from Muğla
- Living people
- Bahçeşehir University alumni
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen
- Turkish male sailors (sport)
- Laser Radial class sailors
- Fenerbahçe sailors
- Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Olympic sailors for Turkey
- Sailors at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial