Orçun Tolga Karaoğlanoğlu, (born 1 October 1987) is a Turkish sprint kayaker. He was born in Balıkesir, Turkey. He is a student of the Turkish Naval Academy ( tr, Deniz Harp Okulu), and competes for his school's team.

Sports career

Club

Karaoğlanoğlu won the K-1 200m, K-1 1000m and K-2 1000m events at the 2006 Spring Flatwater Canoeing Cup at Lake Sapanca in Sakarya Province. In 2007, he was admitted to the Turkey national canoeing team after he won the K-1 1000m, K-2 500m and K-2 1000m events at the 2007 Spring Flatwater Canoeing Cup held at Lake

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, Adana.

International

In 2005, he took part in the juniors K1-1000m event of European Canoe Flatwater Junior and U-23 Championships in

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, Bulgaria. Karaoğlanoğlu competed in the K1-1000m and K4-1000m events at the

2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany on August 9–12, 2007 for the record-tying fourth time. The German city had hosted the championships previously in 1979, 1987, and 1995. It tied Duisburg with Belgrade, S ...

in Duisburg, Germany without advancing to the finals. In 2008, he raced in the K1-1000m event at the 3rd World Canoe Cup in Poznań, Poland. He unsuccessfully competed in the K-1 1000m, K-4 200m and K-4 500m events at the

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in Milan, Italy for the participation at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. Karaoğlanoğlu took part at the International Boulogne Flatwater Canoeing Championship held in

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, France on 25–26 April 2009. He won a gold medal in the K4-500m event and a bronze medal in the K4-1000m race with his teammates Çağrı Beyyıldırım, Emre Karahan and Öztürk Kuru. He represented Turkey in the K1-500m and K1-1000m events at the

2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games ( it, XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo) and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the Inte ...

in Pescara, Italy without reaching to a medal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karaoglanoglu, Orcun 1987 births Sportspeople from Balıkesir Turkish Navy officers Turkish male canoeists Living people Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey