Yavuz Ağralı (born 9 April 1992) is a Turkish
long-distance running
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength.
Within endurance running comes two d ...
athlete
who will compete in the marathon for
Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Yavuz Ağralı was born in
Bingöl, eastern Turkey on 9 April 1992. Competing in
marathon
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...
, he is a member of the Zeytinburnu Beştelsiz S.C. in
Istanbul.
Ağralı became runner-up at the 2014 Zagreb Half Marathon, held within the
Balkan Half Marathon Championships.
He won the
Zagreb Marathon
The Zagreb Marathon ( hr, Zagrebački maraton) is an annual marathon held in October in Zagreb, Croatia. It includes a marathon race, half marathon and 10K run that starts one hour earlier. All races begin and end on Ban Jelačić Square.
Histor ...
with 2:18:22 held within the 2017
Balkan Marathon Championships.
In 2020, he took the silver medal a second time at the Zagreb Half Marathon.
On 23 February 2021, he participated at the
Seville Marathon, where he passed the Olympic minimum limit. He then completed a 130-day training camp in Ethiopia, and went to his hometown Bingöl after his return to Turkey. The
Turkish Athletic Federation
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selected him for participation at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
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1992 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bingöl
Turkish male long-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Turkey
Olympic male marathon runners
20th-century Turkish people
21st-century Turkish people