Berk Akalın (born January 20, 1995) is a retired Turkish
ice dancer
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
.
With wife and former ice dance partner,
Katarina DelCamp, he competed at the
2025 European Championships and the
2025 World Championships. They are also the
2025 Ephesus Cup bronze medalists.
With former ice dance partner, Yuliia Zhata, he competed at the
2021 World Championships.
With former ice dance partner,
Çağla Demirsal
Çağla Demirsal (born January 23, 1995) is a Turkish ice dancer
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championshi ...
, he is the 2011 Turkish national champion and placed fourteenth at the
2013 World Junior Championships.
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Personal life
Akalın was born on 20 January 1995 in Bursa
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, Turkey.[
He married his skating partner, Katarina DelCamp, on 7 December 2022 in ]West Palm Beach
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, Florida
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after just a three-day-long engagement.[ The couple married again in ]Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
, Turkey on 7 December 2024.[
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Programs
With DelCamp
With Kelly
With Demirsal
Single skating
Competitive highlights
Ice dance with Katarina DelCamp
Ice dance with Zhata
Ice dance with Kelly
Pairs with Demirsal
Ice dance with Demirsal
Single skating
References
External links
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Turkish male ice dancers
1995 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bursa
21st-century Turkish sportsmen