Berk Tuna (born 7 May 1976 in Manisa) is a retired Turkish triple jumper. Representing his nation

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, Tuna held the national record at a remarkable jump of 16.67 metres from the Turkish Championships in

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, set in 2003. National record was broken by Seref Osmanoglu in 2015. Throughout his career in track and field, Tuna trained for Enka Sport Club ( tr, Enka Spor Kulubü) in

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, under his personal coach, father, and two-time Olympian

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 ...

(1964 and 1968). Tuna qualified for the Turkish squad in the men's triple jump at the

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by spanning a Turkish record-breaking jump and an Olympic B-standard of 16.67 m from the 2003 Turkish Championships in

. Tuna crashed out of the qualifying round without attaining a mark against his name, after failing to produce a single legal jump in all three attempts.

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* 1976 births Living people Turkish male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Manisa {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub