Hikmet Vurgun is a Turkish handball coach, academic for physical education and sports and former handball player.

Private life

Hikmet Vurgun married Nilgün Akış, also a handball coach, academic and former handball player.

Academic career

Vurgun graduated from

Ege University Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the ...

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban aggl ...

and obtained a master's degree in 2000. Pursuing an academic career, he was employed end 2004 as a

research assistant A research assistant (RA) is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university, a research institute or a privately held organization, for the purpose of assisting in academic or private research. Research assistants are not in ...

at the same university. He taught

sports coaching A sports coach is a person coaching in sport, involved in the direction, instruction and training of a sports team or athlete. History The original sense of the word ''coach'' is that of a horse-drawn carriage, deriving ultimately from the H ...

in his capacity as

assistant professor Assistant Professor is an academic rank just below the rank of an associate professor used in universities or colleges, mainly in the United States and Canada. Overview This position is generally taken after earning a doctoral degree A docto ...

at the Physical Education and Sports College of the

Celal Bayar University Manisa Celal Bayar University or (MCBU) is a public research university located in Manisa, Turkey. CBU traces its root back to 1959 as an independent sports and teachers' college in Manisa. The main campus is in Muradiye district of Manisa. Th ...

Manisa Manisa (), historically known as Magnesia, is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province. Modern Manisa is a booming center of industry and services, advantaged by its closeness to the international port ci ...

. In 2014, he was admitted to the faculty of

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University ( tr, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi) is a state university founded on 17 March 2006 in Rize, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ...

in conjunction with his move to the Ardeşen GSK in

Rize Rize (Greek: ρίζα, Laz: რიზინი, Georgian: რიზე, , Ottoman Turkish: ريزه) is the capital city of Rize Province in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Rize is a typically Turkish provincial capital w ...

Player

Vurgun began his sports career as a handball player in

Coach

Club

In 2007, Vurgun took part at a coach course of the

European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, A ...

. The same year, he was appointed head coach of İzmir BB GSK's women's handball team. In June 2014, he transferred to the

-based team

Ardeşen GSK Ardeşen GSK ( tr, Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province playing in the Turkish Super League. Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall. Club chairman ...

National team

After retiring from playing, he continued his sports career as coach. In 2007, he was appointed assistant to Péter Kovács, the Hungarian head coach of the

Turkey women's national handball team The Turkey women's national handball team is the national team handball, handball team of Turkey for women and is controlled by the Turkey Handball Federation. Achievements Mediterranean Games * Handball at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, 2 ...

. After serving as assistant coach until 2010, he was promoted to the position of head coach of the women's national team, and the manager of the national team.

Works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vurgun, Hikmet Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Turkish male handball players Turkish handball coaches Handball coaches of international teams Ege University alumni Academic staff of Manisa Celal Bayar University Academic staff of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Living people Year of birth missing (living people)