Kemal Muslubaş (born 30 December 1977 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish sailor, who specialized in the Laser class. Muslubas represented his nation Turkey in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), became a two-time national champion in the Laser class at the Turkish Championships, and also earned a

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at the

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in his native Istanbul. Muslubas started his sporting career with his brother Akif Muslubas as members of the sailing team for Fenerbahçe Sport Club in 1988, and then transferred to Istanbul Yachting Club ( tr, İstanbul Yelken Kulübüne) twelve years later. Muslubas made his Olympic debut at the

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in Athens, where he placed thirty-third in the Laser regatta with a net grade of 256, despite a yachting malfunction in the last race that saw him tumble down the leaderboard. When his native Istanbul hosted the

, Muslubas boasted his first international success with a silver medal in the Laser class. On that same year, he recorded his first ever triumph in an ISAF Graded event and then repeated it in 2006. At the

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in Beijing, Muslubas qualified for his second Turkish squad in the Laser class, by having secured a berth and placing thirteenth from the 2007 ISAF World Championships in

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, Portugal. He boosted his confidence from a poor Olympic feat in Athens to achieve an eighteenth-place finish with 146 net points in a fleet of forty-three sailors, but failed to advance further into the medal race.

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* * * * * 1977 births Living people Turkish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Turkey Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Summer World University Games medalists in sailing FISU World University Games silver medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Istanbul {{Turkey-yachtracing-bio-stub