Deniz Çınar (; born 8 December 1984, in Izmir, Turkey) is a Turkish 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. His brother Ateş is also a national sailor. He studied at

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. He began with sailing at the age of ten in

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, and one year later he started to race. He became gold medalist in the Optimist class at the 1999 Balkan & Open Sailing Championship in Romania. In 2001 he won the Turkish Sailing Foundation Trophy in the

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class. He gained the silver medal at the Laser 4.7 World Championships held off

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, Turkey. In 2007, he became Turkish champion in the Laser 4.7 class. Deniz Çınar represented his country in the

class event at the 2008 Summer Olympics along with his brother Ateş Çınar. Both qualified again for participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Deniz will be the skipper.

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* * * * 1984 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 Dokuz Eylül University alumni Sportspeople from İzmir {{Turkey-yachtracing-bio-stub