Eşref Apak
Eşref Apak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
nation | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 3rd January 1982 (age 38) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Kalecik , Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 184 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best performance | 81.45 m (June 5, 2005 in Istanbul ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eşref Apak (born January 3, 1982 in Kalecik , Ankara Province ) is a Turkish hammer thrower .
The junior world champion from 2000 subsequently won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic Games after the first-placed Adrián Annus (HUN) refused a doping control in the days after the competition and was disqualified. 56 years after the third place of the triple jumper Ruhi Sarıalp , Apak was only the second Turkish athlete to win an Olympic medal.
Apak set the current Turkish record of 81.45 meters in Istanbul on June 4, 2005 , but failed shortly afterwards at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in the qualification. At the Universiade 2005 he won silver.
At the 2007 World Cup in Osaka , he finished eleventh. In 2008 he took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing and in 2012 in the Summer Games in London . In both cases he did not get beyond the rear placements.
In 2013 he was banned for doping with stanozolol for two years until June 25, 2015.
Web links
- Eşref Apak in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Eşref Apak in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 04.12.14 IAAF December 4, 2014
- ↑ Doping scandals land blow to Turkish athletics www.hurriyetdailynews.com June 27, 2013
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SURNAME | Apak, Eşref |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish hammer thrower |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalecik , Ankara Province |