İsmail Akçay (born in 1942) is a Turkish

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

. He was born in Akçakaya village of

Balıkesir Province Balıkesir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its area is 14,583 km ...

. After finishing primary school in his village, he studied in the industrial vocational high school of Balıkesir. Then he transferred to sergents' school in Ankara where he was interested in athletics. He specialized in

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), 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 ...

events.

Career

His international degrees are as follows:Mediterranean Games
/ref> His degree in 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico city is so far the best result Turkey has in Olympic marathon events.

Presently

Presently İsmail Akçay serves as an athletic trainer in

Balıkesir Balıkesir () is a city in the Marmara Region, Marmara region of Turkey. It is the seat of Balıkesir Province, which is also a Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality. As of 2022, the population of Balıkesir Province ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akcay, Ismail 1942 births Sportspeople from Balıkesir Turkish male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Living people Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Turkish sportsmen