Fatih Arda İpçioğlu (born 28 September 1997) is a Turkish

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

and ex national record holder.

Career

In 2017, he became the first Turkish ski jumper, who scored Continental Cup points in

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. The city uses the double-headed eagle as ...

; he also became the first Turkish ski jumper, who performed in the Nordic World Championships in

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, where he qualified in both normal hill and large hill individual events. He became the first Turkish ski jumper to perform in World Cup in

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. In 2018, he qualified for the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

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, South Korea and became the first Olympic Turkish ski jumper. He also became the first representative of Turkey to qualify for a competition at the Four Hills Tournament and the first to score World Cup points.

Major Tournament results

Winter Olympics

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

World Cup

Standings

Individual starts

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:İpcioğlu, Fatih Arda Living people 1997 births Sportspeople from Erzurum Turkish male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Turkey Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics 21st-century Turkish people European Games competitors for Turkey Ski jumpers at the 2023 European Games