Yusuf Dikeç (born January 1, 1973 in Taşoluk,

Göksun Göksun ( gr, Κυκυσός, ''Kykysós'', or Κουκουσός, ''Koukousós''; Latin: ''Coxon'' or ''Cucusus;'' Armenian: ''Կոկիսոն'') is a town and district of Kahramanmaraş Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, near one of ...

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, Turkey) is a Turkish

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competing in the

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events. A retired

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of the

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, the tall athlete at is a member of Jandarma Gücü Sports Club.

Early years

Yusuf Dikeç was born 1973 in Taşoluk village of

district in

. After his primary schooling in his village, he completed his secondary education in Göksun. In 1994, he enrolled to the Military School of Gendarmerie in

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. After graduation, he became a

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and entered duty in

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. In 1999, Dikeç entered the Military School of Gendarmerie. After one year, he graduated in the rank of a sergeant. He served one year in

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, and then was appointed to Jandarma Gücü in Ankara, the sports club of the Turkish Gendarmerie. In 2001, he began with sport shooting. Since then, Dikeç competes in the military national team as well as in the national team. He was educated in physical education and sports at

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Career

He became several times Turkish champion and national record holder in different categories of pistol events. In 2006, Yusuf Dikeç set a new

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event at the CISM Military World Championships held in

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scoring 597 points. Dikeç won the bronze medal in the 10 metre air pistol event at the

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held in

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. He qualified for participation in the 10 m air pistol men event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He also took part in the 50 m pistol event without advancing to the final round. At the 2013 European Shooting Championships held in

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from July 21 to August 4, he became double gold medalist in 25 m standard pistol and 25 m center-fire pistol. He took also a silver medal in the 25 m standard team event with his team mates

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and Murat Kılınç and another gold medal in the 25 m center-fire pistol team competition. In the 50 m pistol event, he won another silver medal with his team mates Ömer Alimoğlu and İsmail Keleş.

Achievements

References

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