Alican Kaynar

Alican Kaynar (born October 30, 1988) is a Turkish yacht racer competing in the Finn class. The 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall athlete at 100 kg (220 lb) is a member of Fenerbahçe Sailing, where he is coached by Mehmet Dinçay.[1]

Alican Kaynar
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1988-10-30) October 30, 1988
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationIndustrial engineering
Alma materBahçeşehir University
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) (2012)
Weight100 kg (220 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportSailing
Event(s)Finn class
ClubFenerbahçe Sailing
Coached byMehmet Dinçay
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing  Turkey
Balkan Championships
2010 Burgas J Finn
2009 Donji Milanovac J Finn

Alican Kaynar is a student of Industrial engineering at the Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul.[2]

He qualified for participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[1] in the Finn class event, he placed 18th with 154 points.[3] He competed in the same event at the 2016 Olympics, finishing in 13th.[4]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Turkey
2009 Athens Eurolymp Week Athens, Greece 8th Finn [1]
Istanbul Sail Week Istanbul, Turkey 2nd Finn [1]
Balkan & Open Sailing Championship Donji Milanovac, Serbia 2nd Junior Finn [5]
2010 Balkan & Open Sailing Championship Burgas, Bulgaria 1st Junior Finn [1]
2011 Expert Garda Week Garda, Italy 14th Finn [1]
2012 London Olympic Games Weymouth, Great Britain 18th Finn [3]
2013 2013 Finn European Championship Warnemünde, Germany 10th Finn [1]
2016 Rio Olympic Games Marina da Glória, Brazil 13th Finn [4]
2017 Sailing World Cup Hyeres, France 1st Finn

References
  1. "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında-Yelken-Alican Kaynar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  2. "2010 Yılı-Alican Kaynar" (in Turkish). TYF. Archived from the original on 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  3. "London 2012 Sailing, Finn - One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) men Final". Olympic. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  4. "Results - Finn Men - Sailing - Rio 2016 - Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  5. "Yelkencilerimiz Balkan'da fırtına gibi esti" (in Turkish). Turk Sail. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2012-07-11.


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