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Aşkın Tuna
Aşkın Tuna (born 21 July 1940) is a Turkish triple jumper. Career He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1968 Summer Olympics, the 1966 European Championships and the 1971 European Championships, as well as the 1966 and 1967 European Indoor Games without reaching the final. Tuna finished 11th at the 1965 Summer Universiade, 8th at the 1968 European Indoor Games, 15th at the 1971 European Indoor Championships and 5th at the 1971 Mediterranean Games. Domestically, he became Turkish champion in 1964, 1966, 1969 and 1970 as well as Turkish long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ... champion in 1969. Personal life He is the father of Berk Tuna. References 1940 births Living people Sportspeople from Manisa Turkish male triple jumpers Athletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manisa
Manisa (), historically known as Magnesia, is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province. Modern Manisa is a booming center of industry and services, advantaged by its closeness to the international port city and the regional metropolitan center of İzmir and by its fertile hinterland rich in quantity and variety of agricultural production. In fact, İzmir's proximity also adds a particular dimension to all aspects of life's pace in Manisa in the form of a dense traffic of daily commuters between the two cities, separated as they are by a half-hour drive served by a fine six-lane highway nevertheless requiring attention at all times due to its curves and the rapid ascent (sea-level to more than 500 meters at Sabuncubeli Pass) across Mount Sipylus's mythic scenery. The historic part of Manisa spreads out from a forested valley in the immediate slopes of Sipylus mountainside, along Çaybaşı Stream which flows next to Niobe's "Weeping Rock" (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
