Furkan Oruç (born 18 December 1996) is a Turkish male

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archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...

and part of the national team.

Private life

Furkan Oruç was born in

Yalova Yalova is a market-gardening town located in northwestern Turkey on the eastern coast of the Sea of Marmara. The town has a population of 156,838, while the population of the surrounding Yalova Province is 291,001 . A largely modern town, it is ...

, Turkey on 18 December 1996.

Sport career

Oruç is a member of Yalova Gençlik Hizmetleri Sports Club, where he is coached by Efrahim Canfes. In 2016, he was admitted to Turkey national team. Oruç won the gold medal together with his teammates in the second leg of the

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Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

, Switzerland. Hetook the gold medal in the team event of the 2021 European Archery Championships held in

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, Turkey. He won the silver medal in the men's team compound event at the 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Laško, Slovenia. He won the silver medal in the men's team compound event at the Laško, Slovenia event in the 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships.

References

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