Atakan Alaftargil

Atakan Alaftargil
Personal information
Born (1976-11-09) November 9, 1976 (age 49)
Erzurum, Turkey
Sport
SportSkiing

Atakan Alaftargil (born November 9, 1976) is a retired Olympian alpine skier from Turkey, who competed in slalom and giant slalom events.

Early life

Atakan Alaftargil was born on November 9, 1976, in Erzurum, Turkey. He is a member of a skiing family, his father İlhani having owned a ski equipment store at Palandöken Mountain and his three older brothers being skiers. His older brother Arif Alaftargil competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

He began skiing at the age of six. He graduated from Atatürk University with a degree in physical education and sports. He is also a certified coach for skiing and snow boarding.

Career

He competed for Turkey at the 2002 Winter Olympics after participating at the 2001 World Alpine Ski Championships in St. Anton, Austria.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Atakan Alaftargil". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  2. 1 2 3 Ulagay, Alp (2002-02-02). "Üç kar şehrinden üç genç Olimpiyatlara gidiyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. 1 2 Tuncer, Yasin (2002-02-04). "Alaftargil ailesinin 'olimpik' gururu". Zaman (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  4. ↑ "İlhami Alaftargil vefat etti". Erzurum Haber (in Turkish). 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2014-02-10.