Kemal Muslubaş
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| Full name | Kemal Muslubaş | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Turkey | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1977 Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | Dinghy | ||||||||||||||
| Club | İstanbul Yelken Kulübüne | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Akif Muslubaş | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kemal Muslubaş (born 30 December 1977 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish sailor, who specialized in the Laser class.[1] Muslubas represented his nation Turkey in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), became a two-time national champion in the Laser class at the Turkish Championships, and also earned a silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade in his native Istanbul.[2]
Muslubas started his sporting career with his brother Akif Muslubas as members of the sailing team for Fenerbahçe Sport Club in 1988, and then transferred to Istanbul Yachting Club (Turkish: İstanbul Yelken Kulübüne) twelve years later.[3]
Muslubas made his Olympic debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed thirty-third in the Laser regatta with a net grade of 256, despite a yachting malfunction in the last race that saw him tumble down the leaderboard.[4][5]
When his native Istanbul hosted the 2005 Summer Universiade, Muslubas boasted his first international success with a silver medal in the Laser class.[2][6] On that same year, he recorded his first ever triumph in an ISAF Graded event and then repeated it in 2006.[5]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Muslubas qualified for his second Turkish squad in the Laser class, by having secured a berth and placing thirteenth from the 2007 ISAF World Championships in Cascais, Portugal.[7] He boosted his confidence from a poor Olympic feat in Athens to achieve an eighteenth-place finish with 146 net points in a fleet of forty-three sailors, but failed to advance further into the medal race.[8][9]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kemal Muslubaş". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Yalı değil 'altın' çapkınları" (in Turkish). Radikal. 21 August 2005. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ Noyan, Turgay (31 March 2007). "Kemal Muslubaş göğsümüzü kabarttı" [Kemal Muslubaş has swelled our hearts] (in Turkish). Sabah. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ ISAF. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ Eaton, Marlieke de Lange (13 March 2007). "Gold and Silver for US at Summer World University Games". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Muslubaş Pekin kadrosuna girdi" [Muslubaş qualifies for Beijing Games] (in Turkish). Yeni Şafak. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- NBC Olympics. Archived from the originalon 28 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ "Köktentürk son sırada!" [Köktentürk finished last!] (in Turkish). Ajans Spor. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
External links
- Official website (in Turkish)
- Kemal Muslubaş at World Sailing
- Kemal Muslubaş at Olympics.com
- Kemal Muslubas at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 January 2014)
- Kemal Muslubaş at Olympedia
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