Ateş Çınar (; born 16 May 1986) is a

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yacht racer competing in the

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class. The tall athlete at is a member of Galatasaray Sport Club], where he is coached by Edo Fantela. He studied at Dokuz Eylül University. His brother

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is also a national sailor. He became Turkish champion in the Laser 4.7 class at the Turkish Sailing Championships in 2002 and 2003, and won the 2002 Turkish Sailing Foundation Trophy in the same class. He gained the silver medal at the

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held off Çeşme, Turkey. Ateş Çınar represented his country in the

class event at the

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along with his brother Deniz Çınar. Both qualified again for participation at the

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, where Deniz was the skipper.

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* * * * 1986 births Living people Turkish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Turkey Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 470 Extreme Sailing Series sailors Dokuz Eylül University alumni Sportspeople from İzmir {{Turkey-yachtracing-bio-stub