İsmail Keleş (born 5 March 1988 in

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) is a Turkish

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competing in the

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events. By profession an officer in the rank of

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at the

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, the tall athlete at , is a member of Jandarma Gücü Sports Club, where he is coached by Muhammed Topal. Keleş began with sport shooting in 2007. He has competed since 2008. He qualified for participation in the 10 m air pistol men event at the

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after he won the silver medal at the

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held in

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. He also competed in the 50 m pistol at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the

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held in

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from 21 July to 4 August, he won the silver in the 50 m pistol event together with his team mates

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and

Yusuf Dikeç Yusuf Dikeç (born 1 January 1973) is a Turkish shooting sport, sport shooter who competes in the shooting sport#Pistol, pistol events and won the world and European champions multiple times. He is a retired non-commissioned officer of the Genda ...

. He competed at the

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in the 10 and 50 m pistol. He won the gold medal with his teammates

and

Buğra Selimzade Buğra Selimzade (born 9 November 1988 in Trabzon), is a Turkish sport shooter who competes in the pistol event. He is a member of the national team. Personal life Buğra Selimzade, was born in Trabzon, Turkey on 9 November 1988. He lives in T ...

in the 10m air pistol trio event at the

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in Osijek, Croatia.

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at the

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

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