Başar Oktar (born May 19, 2002) is a Turkish figure skater. He is the 2017 Denkova-Staviski Cup silver medalist on the senior level.

Career

Early career

Oktar began learning to skate in 2008 at a mall. After winning his first junior national title, he was selected to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary. His short program placement, 31st, was not enough to qualify to the free skate.

2016–17 season

Oktar debuted on the

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(JGP) series in August 2016 in France. He placed 18th at the French event and later 14th in Estonia. In February 2017, he finished fourth at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in

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, Turkey. A month later, he placed 26th in the short program at the 2017 World Junior Championships in

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2017–18 season

In September, Oktar competed at two 2017 JGP events, finishing fourth in Austria and sixth in Croatia. His senior international debut came in November at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in Bulgaria. He won the silver medal behind Kevin Aymoz from France. He finished the 2017-18 season at 51st in the world ranking.

2018–19 season

Oktar opened his season on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 13th in Canada and 11th in Slovenia. In December, he received bronze medals at Bosphorus Cup in

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behind Morisi Kvitelashvili and Ivan Shmuratko. In March, Oktar qualified to the final segment at the 2019 World Junior Championships in

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, Croatia. He was the first male skater that qualified for the free program. He ranked 19th in the short program, 16th in the free skate, and 19th overall.

2019–20 season

Oktar changed his coach before the season and moved to

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. He finished tenth at Junior Grand Prix events in both

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and

. He won the silver medal at Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul, earning a national record of 209.54 points. In March, Oktar qualified to the final segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships in

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, Estonia, and again finished the competition in 19th.

2020–21 season

In October, after the

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required a lockdown for all sports activities, Oktar made his senior national debut at Ataturk Cup in Kocaeli and won the gold medal. Competing at the 2021 Turkish Championships, he took the silver medal. He competed in his first

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event, the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, where he placed fourth. He also placed fifth at the 2021 Challenge Cup in

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, setting a national record of 217.05 points in total. Oktar was selected to compete for the Turkish Figure Skating Federation at the 2021 World Championships in

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, where he placed twenty-eighth.

2021–22 season

Oktar was the designated Turkish qualifying entry at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy to try to secure a berth for the

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. He finished in tenth place, 0.06 points behind fellow Turkish skater Burak Demirboğa and making Turkey the first alternate for the Olympic Games. He went on to place twentieth at the 2021 Cup of Austria.

Programs

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

References

External links

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Başar Oktar
at SkatingScores {{DEFAULTSORT:Oktar, Basar 2002 births Turkish male single skaters Living people Sportspeople from Antalya 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Competitors at the 2025 Winter World University Games