Emre Vural (born 1984 in

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) is a Turkish national rower. He started his rowing career at the beginning of his high-school years at Robert College of

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and competed in the lightweight coxless pair category. He got transferred to

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in 2004. He and his teammate

Ahmet Yumrukaya Ahmet Yumrukaya (born 25 May 1984) is a Turkish rower competing in the lightweight coxless pair category. He is one of the first two Turkish rowers to win a world championship title in history. Yumrukaya and his teammate İhsan Emre Vural took f ...

became the first world-champions in the history of Turkey when they got first place in the 2004 Under 23 World Championships held in

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, Poland.http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=92170 Flowers For the Winners – Under 23 Regatta Finals. In 2005, he and Ahmet Yumrukaya came back from the Mediterranean Games held in Almeria,

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, with a bronze medal, again in the lightweight coxless pair category. Emre Vural is currently studying at

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in the

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. He still rows for

in Turkey and also for the Columbia University rowing team. He graduated in 2008 with a B.A diploma in Economics. He is now employed at IMS Health in the Pricing and Reimbursement consultancy practice, formerly Cambridge Pharma.

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* 1984 births Living people Turkish male rowers Galatasaray Rowing rowers Sportspeople from Ankara Columbia Lions rowers Robert College alumni Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing {{Turkey-rowing-bio-stub