Fenerbahçe Sailing () is the men's and women's

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and

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department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major

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, Turkey. The branch, which started operating in the 1910s, won first place in the

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races, the first official competition in Turkey, organized under the auspices of the Naval Society Padişah Sultan Reşat on 24 July 1917. The branch represented Turkey for the first time in the Star (sailboat) class in 1936 at the

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with

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and

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. The sailing branch, which was revived in 1952 when Deniz Bankası provided modern boats to the clubs, has taken the most distinguished place together with Istanbul Sailing Club and

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in the Turkish Championships held since the 1930s, with a total of 210 first places, 163 second places and 109 third places until 2023. Fenerbahçe athletes Tuğçe Subaşı won the World Championship in the Laser 4.7 class in 2002, Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak in the Laser Radial class, Arda Baykal in the Mediterranean Games in 1993 in the Optimist class,

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the Finn in 1993, Akif Muslubaş again in 1995 in the Finn, Utku Ören in 2002 in the Laser Radial, Yonca Yıldıral and İrem Özdemir in 2006 in the 470, Zeynep Yentür in 2009 and 2010 in the Optimist, Çağla Demirtaş in 2010 in the Laser Radial and

Alican Kaynar Alican Kaynar (born 30 October 1988) is a Turkish yacht racing, yacht racer competing in the Finn (dinghy), Finn class. The tall athlete at is a member of Fenerbahçe Sailing, where he is coached by Mehmet Dinçay. Alican Kaynar is a student ...

in the Finn class again in 2010 in the Balkans. In addition to these championships, Aydın Yurdum came second in the World in the Laser Masters category in 1997,

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, Levent Özgen and Erdil Uzaltan came fourth in Europe in the Dragon category in 1997, Azat Baykal, Arda Baykal and Erdil Uzaltan came fourth in the World in the Dragon category in 2004, Yonca Yıldıral and Özde Özdemir came third in the 470 World Juniors in 2006, Zeynep Yentür came second in Europe in the Optimist category in 2009 and

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came third in Europe in the Laser Radial category in 2012.

Current squad

Technical staff

Notable sailors

Derin Atakan Derin Atakan (born 16 June 2006) is a Turkish female kitesurfer competing in the Formula Kite class. She qualified to participate at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. Career Atakan was a member of Urla Marine Club in İzmir, before she tran ...

(born 2006), female kitesurfer *

Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak (born 3 January 2001) is a Turkish Olympic sailor who specializes in the Laser Radial class. He is a member of the Fenerbahçe Sailing. Sport career Çitak is a member of Fenerbahçe Sailing. 2019 Çıtak captured ...

(born 2001), 2024 Olympian Laser sailor *

Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş (born March 1, 1991) is a Turkish yacht racer. The tall athlete at is a student of architecture at the Okan University in Istanbul. Biography Dönertaş was born on March 1, 1991, in Istanbul, Turkey. She began with ...

(born 1991), female yacht racer *

(born 1988), yacht racer *

Çağla Kubat Çağla Kubat (; born 16 November 1978) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress, model, windsurfer and beauty pageant titleholder. She is member of Fenerbahçe SW, Fenerbahçe sailing & windsurfing team. She is 5 feet 10 (1.80m) tall. She was born ...

(born 1979), female windsurfer * Cafer Cicibıyık (born 1991), 470 sailor *

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(born 1991), 470 sailor *

Merve Vatan Merve Vatan (born 1 January 2005) is a Turkish sailor competing in the windsurfing class IQFoil. She qualified to participate at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. Early years Vatan started her sailing career at İÇDAŞ Sports Club in Kara ...

(born 2005), female windsurfer

References

External links

Official Fenerbahçe website

Sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, Windsurfing, windsurfer, or Kitesurfing, kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (Land sa ...

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