Ömer Akgün (born 15 February 1982) is a Turkish sport shooter specialized in 10 m air rifle event.
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 1982 Dicle, Diyarbakır, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Air rifle | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 10 m air rifle | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Diyarbakır Tennis and Shooting Club | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ömer Akgün was born into a family with 13 champion sport shooters in Dicle district of Diyarbakır Province, southeastern Turkey on 1 January 1982.[1][2]
Impressed by his older brother, Akgün started shooting sport in 1996.[2] He is a member of Diyarbakır Tennis and Shooting Club.[1] He won the gold medal and the bronze medal in the Mixed event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2] He competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain. He set a national record with 630.1 points at the 2020 European Championship 10m in Wrocław, Poland, and obtained a quota for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Ömer Akgün" (in Turkish). Türk Sporu. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d Kaya, Mehmet Sıddık (31 March 2021). "Diyarbakırlı milli sporcu Ömer Akgün ağabeyinin antrenörlüğünde Tokyo Olimpiyatları'na hazırlanıyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
External links
edit- Omer Akgun at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Omer Akgun at Olympics.com
- Ömer Akgün at Olympedia (archive)
- Ömer Akgün at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Ömer Akgün at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
