Beste Kaynakçı (born 30 April 1994) is a Turkish

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

competing in the Dinghy 470 class. She qualified to participate at the

Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sailing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 25 July to 4 August 2021 at the Enoshima Yacht Harbor in Enoshima. The venue was also used for the 1964 Olympic Games although significantly regenerated, the IOC now en ...

Early life and career

Beste Kaynakçı was born in

Konak, İzmir Konak is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 24 km2, and its population is 332,277 (2022). It is the most densely populated of the thirty districts of İzmir, and has historically acted as t ...

on 30 April 1994. She began in with sailing sport in 2007. She competed in the Optimist, 420 Dinghy, and Four-Seventy classes, and won several titles in national and international competitions. She is a member of the ARM Urla Sail Club in

Urla, İzmir Urla is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, in western Turkey. Its area is 727 km2, and its population is 74,736 (2022). Agricultural products, and especially the fresh produce for the vast nearby market of İzmir, occupy a promi ...

. She qualified to compete at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in the women's two-person dinghy – 470 class event with her teammate

Okyanus Arıkan Okyanus Arıkan (born 8 July 2004) is a Turkish yacht racing, yacht racer. She qualified to participate at the Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Okyanus Arıkan was born in İzmir on 8 July 2004. She began with sailing sport at the age of si ...

. Turkey will participate for the first time in that event at the Olympics.

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Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

* * * 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Konak Sportspeople from İzmir Turkish female sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic sailors for Turkey 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Sailors at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17 {{Turkey-yachtracing-bio-stub