Kuzey Tunçelli
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| Nationality |  Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 August 2007 Kocaeli, Turkey[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fenerbahçe Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Aykut Çelik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kuzey Tunçelli (born 30 August, 2007) is a Turkish competitive swimmer. He holds both World Junior Records in long course [2] and short course [3] 1500-meter freestyle events.
Kuzey became both the Junior European and European champion in the 1500-meter freestyle in 2004 [4] and the first Turkish swimmer ever to reach finals in the history of the Olympics, finishing 5th and breaking his own long course World Junior Record at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Coached by Aykut Çelik, he specialises in 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle swimming events and currently swims for Fenerbahçe SK, located in Istanbul, Turkey.
Swimming career
[edit]Born in Kocaeli, Turkey as the only child to Oylum, an academic, and Melih Tunçelli, a former banking professional, Kuzey Tunçelli started swimming at age 5. His first club was Yıldızlar Swimming Club, a sports club specializing in swimming, where he met his coach, Aykut Çetin. [5]
2023
[edit]In April 2023, at the Turkish National Team Trials for the Olympics held in Edirne, Tunçelli became the first swimmer 15 years old or under, with a time under 15 minutes for the 1500-meter freestyle event in the world. [6][7] At the same meet, he qualified to represent his country at the Paris 2024 Olympics after he achieved a time of 14:56:67 in the 1500 m freestyle.[8]
He won the gold medal in the 1500-meter freestyle swimming event at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, and set a Festival record for boys with 14:54.16 on 25 July 2023. In September 2023 he participated in the 2023 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships, where he won in the 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle event.[9]
2024
[edit]Tunçelli participated in the 2024 World Aquatics Championships where he reached the 1500-meter freestyle final.[10]
In June 2024, he became the 1500-meter freestyle European champion in Belgrade.[11]
In July 2024, he won the gold medal in both the 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle at the Junior European Swimming Championships, setting a WJR in the 1500-meter, as well as leading his team of Eren Kuru, Ahmet Burak Işık, and Tuncer Berk Ertürk to a bronze in the 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay.
In December 2024, Tunçelli set a world junior and Turkish record and won bronze in the men’s 1500 freestyle in Budapest, smashing Gregorio Paltrinieri’s official world junior record of 14:27.78, which had stood since the 2012 European Championships. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ ""Geliyorum" diyen başarı". Dokuzuncu Kulvar (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Kuzey Tuncelli, 16, Demolishes 1500 Free WJR In 14:41.22". olympics.com. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ a b Kaufman, Sophie (10 December 2024). "Kuzey Tuncelli Breaks Official World Junior Record In 1500 Freestyle En Route To Worlds Bronze". Swimswam.
- ^ Byrnes, Liz (4 July 2024). "European Juniors: Kuzey Tuncelli, 16, Demolishes 1500 Free WJR In 14:41.89". Swimming World News. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ ""Asla Bırakma" Belgesel Filmi - Aykut Çelik ve Yıldızlar Yüzme Kulübünün hikayesi" ["Never Give Up" Documentary - The Story of Aykut Çelik and Yıldızlar Swimming Club]. YouTube.
- ^ Sutherland, James (28 April 2023). "arena Swim of the Week: Kuzey Tuncelli Becomes First 15-Year-Old Sub-15 In 1500 Free". SwimSwam. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Milli yüzücü Kuzey Tunçelli'nin olimpiyat heyecanı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 29 April 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Fenerbahçeli yüzücü Kuzey Tunçelli olimpiyat kotası aldı". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 28 April 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Our national swimmer Kuzey Tunçelli broke records and became the World Champion, also received second Olympic quota - Fenerbahçe SK". www.fenerbahce.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Fenerbahçeli yüzücü Kuzey Tunçelli, Dünya Şampiyonası'nda final yüzdü" (in Turkish). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Belgrade 2024: Greece enjoy glittering final night". www.len.eu. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Kuzey Tuncelli at World Aquatics
- Kuzey Tuncelli at Swimrankings.net
- Kuzey Tuncelli at Olympics.com
- Kuzey Tuncelli at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Kuzey Tunçelli at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Kuzey Tunçelli at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
