Onur Cavit Biriz (born 16 October 1998) is a Turkish

windsurfer Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...

, who specialized in the RS:X class. He is a student at Izmir University of Economics. He is an alumnus of

Cağaloğlu Anadolu Lisesi Cağaloğlu is a quarter located in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Much of the publishing industry in Istanbul is located in Cağaloğlu. It is also famous for its ancient hamam, or Turkish bath, known as the Cağaloğlu Hamam. Name Th ...

. Biriz became champion in the

Techno 293 The Techno 293 is a development of the Aloha class and is primarily for the youth windsurfing class. The class is recognised by the International Sailing Federation. The design was chosen to be the windsurfer for the Youth Olympic Games. Events ...

class of 2013 Atatürk Cup Turkish Windsurf Championship held in Istanbul. He took first place in RS:X Youth Turkish Championship in 2014. Biriz had the 13th place in 2015 ISAF Youth RS:X World Championship held in Malaysia. He earned a quota spot at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

and competed as the youngest sailor.

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1998 births Turkish windsurfers Living people Olympic sailors for Turkey Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey Cağaloğlu Anadolu Lisesi alumni St. George's Austrian High School alumni Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X Place of birth missing (living people) Turkish male sailors (sport) {{Windsurfing-bio-stub