Harun Çabuk (born 1997) is a Turkish

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. He competes for Kawasaki Puccetti Racing team on a

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Private life

Harun Çabuk was born into a motorcycle-related family in

Denizli Denizli is an industrial city in the southwestern part of Turkey and the eastern end of the alluvial valley formed by the river Büyük Menderes, where the plain reaches an elevation of about . Denizli is located in the country's Aegean Region. ...

, western Turkey in 1997. His father Yaşar Çabuk is a motorcycle mechanic and her mother Gülay is a motorcycle racing referee. At the age of 2–3 years, he used to spend his time at his father's motorcycle repair shop. At the age of 5–6 years, he started to ride small motorcycles.

Sports career

Çabuk began to race when he received his own motorcycle, and won many trophies and medals at local and nationwide events already at very young age. He won four Turkish champion titles in motorcycle racing and

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. Following his success, five-time world-champion retired Turkish motorcycle racer

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took him in his team. Çabuk debuted internationally in 2012 at the first round of the Supermoto Junior and S3 European Championships at

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, Bulgaria, and became champion. He completed the 2015 European Junior Cup at tenth place. He placed third at the 2016 European Junior Cup finishing three of the season's total eight rounds as winner. The 2017 Supersport 300 World Championship ended for him at 22nd rank.

Career statistics

European Junior Cup

Supersport 300 World Championship

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at SBK Motul Worşd Championship {{DEFAULTSORT:Cabuk, Harun Living people 1997 births Sportspeople from Denizli Turkish sportsmen Turkish motorcycle racers Supersport 300 World Championship riders