Alican Karataş (born 9 September 1991) is a Turkish
curler, and member of the
Turkey men's national curling team.
He began curling at Sital Spor in
Ankara
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in 2009. Karataş curled with the Turkish national team, which captured the gold medal at the 5th Debrecen Bonspiel. He skipped at the
European Curling Championships-Group B in
Karlstad
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,
Sweden
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following his team's promotion from Group C.
Karakaş took part at the
2013 European Junior Curling Challenge#Men in
Prague
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,
Czech Republic
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, which was the qualifying tournament for the
2013 World Junior Curling Championships
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. He skipped a 4-2 win in the round robin of Group A, tying with the Italian team. Losing in the tiebreaker game, he failed to reach the semifinals. He ranked 4th of 12 competitors.
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Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Turkish male curlers
1991 births
21st-century Turkish sportsmen
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