Halil Akkaş (born 1 July 1983) is a Turkish middle-distance runner who won the

3000 m steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the h ...

at the 2005 World Student Games. He finished fourth in the

5000 m The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stand ...

final at the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

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. At the

2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in the National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham, England, from Friday, 2 March to Sunday, 4 March 2007. Birmingham also held the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Men's results Track ...

he competed in

3000 m The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

and finished fourth. He also finished fourth in the 1500 m final at the

2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport arena. The announcement by the IA ...

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and sixth in the

at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in

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Interview with Halil Akkaş

Interview with Halil Akkaş

1983 births Fenerbahçe athletes Living people Olympic athletes of Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Turkish male middle-distance runners Turkish male steeplechase runners People from Kütahya Dumlupınar University alumni World Athletics Championships athletes for Turkey Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Universiade gold medalists for Turkey Universiade silver medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub