Yusuf Emre Fırat (born 20 March 2000) is a Turkish Olympian
cross-country skier.
Early years
Yusuf Emre Fırat was born in
Kars
Kars ( or ; ; ) is a city in northeast Turkey. It is the seat of Kars Province and Kars District.[Ä ...]
, Turkey on 20 March 2000.
Sports career
Fırat performs
cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a m ...
. He is a member of Kars Gençlik Sports Club.
He participated in the sprint, 15 km freestyle and team sprint events at the
2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
The 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival, European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum, Turkey from 12 to 17 February 2017.
The event had initially been planned for Sarajevo and East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
whereas the 20 ...
as well as at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial Nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship eve ...
in
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 ...
and
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
.
He won the gold medal at the Ski Running International FIS Competition held in
Erzurum
Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. It is the site of an ...
, Turkey.
He competed at the
2022 Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...
in
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
, China.
See also
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Turkey at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Turkey competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
The Turkish team consisted of seven athletes (four men and three women) competing in four sports. Furkan Akar and AyÅŸenur Duman were the country's flagbear ...
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2000 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kars
Turkish male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Turkey
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
21st-century Turkish sportsmen
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