Galatasaray Rowing Team is the men's and women's

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section of Galatasaray S.K., a major

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. The club is based at

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, in Kanarya neighborhood west of İstanbul.

İhsan Emre Vural Emre Vural (born 1984 in Ankara) is a Turkish national rower. He started his rowing career at the beginning of his high-school years at Robert College of Istanbul and competed in the lightweight coxless pair category. He got transferred to Ga ...

and his teammate

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became the first world-champions in the history of Turkey when they got first place in the 2004

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held in Poznań,

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. In 2013, Galatasaray Rowing Team won Turkish Rowing Championship Cup.

Technical staff

Current squad

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Domestic Success

*Turkish Rowing Championship: **Winners (27): 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 *Istanbul Championship: **Winners (22):1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 *Turkish Cup: **Winners (9): 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2010, 2013.

References

External links

Galatasaray SK Official Web Site

Galatasaray Rowing Official Web Site
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