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international competitions.


History

Aleko Mulos Aleko Mulos (), also written Moullos, was an Olympian Ottoman Empire, Ottoman gymnastics, gymnast of Ottoman Greeks, Greek descent. It is known that he studied at the French-language Galatasaray High School in Istanbul, and performed gymnastics ...
was the first ever Turkish man to compete at the Olympic Games, doing so in
1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January ...
. Turkey fielded their first Olympic team at the
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; previously they had individual athletes compete at the
2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
and
2020 Olympic Games 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 ...
. At the 2020 Olympic Games
Ferhat Arıcan Ferhat Arıcan (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the parallel ba ...
became the first Turkish male gymnast to win an Olympic medal, earning bronze on the
parallel bars Parallel bars are floor apparatus consisting of two wooden bars approximately long and positioned at above the floor. Parallel bars are used in artistic gymnastics and also for physical therapy and home exercise. Gymnasts may optionally wear ...
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Current senior roster


Team competition results


Olympic Games

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
— 9th place ''(did not qualify for team final)'' *:
Ferhat Arıcan Ferhat Arıcan (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the parallel ba ...
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Adem Asil Adem Asil (born 21 February 1999) is an Egyptian-born Turkish male artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2022 World Champion on still rings and is the 2023 and 2025 European all-around champion. ...
, İbrahim Çolak,
Emre Dodanlı Emre Dodanlı (born 24 October 2002) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2024 Olympic Games. Personal life Dodanlı was born in Eminönü in 2002 to Nalan and Berhan Dodanlı. In 2004 his family moved to Milton, Ont ...
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Ahmet Önder Ahmet Önder (born 11 July 1996) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2019 World silver medalist on the parallel bars. Early life Önder was born in Ödemiş, Turkey in 1996. ...
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World Championships

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
– 25th place ''(did not qualify for team final)'' *:
Ferhat Arıcan Ferhat Arıcan (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the parallel ba ...
, Abdulkadir Bas, Coşkun Boncuk, İbrahim Çolak,
Ahmet Önder Ahmet Önder (born 11 July 1996) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2019 World silver medalist on the parallel bars. Early life Önder was born in Ödemiş, Turkey in 1996. ...
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Ümit Şamiloğlu Ümit Şamiloğlu (born 29 September 1980) is a retired Turkish artistic gymnast. He competed in the horizontal bar event and has won numerous gold medals in international competition. He is said to be the "oldest gymnast" at competitions in whi ...
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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
– 15th place ''(did not qualify for team final)'' *: Mustafa Arca,
Ferhat Arıcan Ferhat Arıcan (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the parallel ba ...
, İbrahim Çolak,
Ahmet Önder Ahmet Önder (born 11 July 1996) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2019 World silver medalist on the parallel bars. Early life Önder was born in Ödemiş, Turkey in 1996. ...
,
Ümit Şamiloğlu Ümit Şamiloğlu (born 29 September 1980) is a retired Turkish artistic gymnast. He competed in the horizontal bar event and has won numerous gold medals in international competition. He is said to be the "oldest gymnast" at competitions in whi ...
*
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
– 15th place ''(did not qualify for team final)'' *: Mustafa Arca,
Ferhat Arıcan Ferhat Arıcan (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the parallel ba ...
, İbrahim Çolak, Yunus Gündoğdu,
Ahmet Önder Ahmet Önder (born 11 July 1996) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2019 World silver medalist on the parallel bars. Early life Önder was born in Ödemiş, Turkey in 1996. ...
*
2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
– 11th place ''(did not qualify for team final)'' *:
Ferhat Arıcan Ferhat Arıcan (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the parallel ba ...
,
Adem Asil Adem Asil (born 21 February 1999) is an Egyptian-born Turkish male artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2022 World Champion on still rings and is the 2023 and 2025 European all-around champion. ...
, Yunus Gündoğdu,
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Ahmet Önder Ahmet Önder (born 11 July 1996) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2019 World silver medalist on the parallel bars. Early life Önder was born in Ödemiş, Turkey in 1996. ...
*
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
– 10th place ''(did not qualify for team final)'' *:
Ferhat Arıcan Ferhat Arıcan (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the parallel ba ...
,
Adem Asil Adem Asil (born 21 February 1999) is an Egyptian-born Turkish male artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2022 World Champion on still rings and is the 2023 and 2025 European all-around champion. ...
,
Emre Dodanlı Emre Dodanlı (born 24 October 2002) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2024 Olympic Games. Personal life Dodanlı was born in Eminönü in 2002 to Nalan and Berhan Dodanlı. In 2004 his family moved to Milton, Ont ...
,
Mehmet KoÅŸak Mehmed or Mehmet is the most common Turkish form of the Arabic male name Muhammad () (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Origina ...
,
Ahmet Önder Ahmet Önder (born 11 July 1996) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2019 World silver medalist on the parallel bars. Early life Önder was born in Ödemiş, Turkey in 1996. ...


Junior World Championships

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
— 16th place *:
Emre Dodanlı Emre Dodanlı (born 24 October 2002) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2024 Olympic Games. Personal life Dodanlı was born in Eminönü in 2002 to Nalan and Berhan Dodanlı. In 2004 his family moved to Milton, Ont ...
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Kerem Şener Kerem Şener (born 2003) is a Turkish male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He is a member of Şavkar Gymnastics Sport Club in İzmir. Şener won the gold medal in the Parallel bars event in the JU16 division of the 4th Mediter ...
, Bora Tarhan *
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
– 10th place *: Alperen Ege Avci, Ahmet Burak Ekici, Volkan Arda Hamarat


Most decorated gymnasts

This list includes all Turkish male artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the
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or the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for artistic gymnastics governed by the International Gymnastics Federation, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). The first edition of the championships was held ...
.


See also

* Turkey women's national artistic gymnastics team * List of Olympic male artistic gymnasts for Turkey *
Turkey at the Olympics Turkey, officially named Türkiye by the IOC, after the Ottoman Empire, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908 and has sent athletes to compete in most editions of the Summer Olympic Games since then, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in An ...


References

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