Ali Topaloğlu (born 1998) is a Turkish world and European champion track and field athlete with Down syndrome. He is a member of Canik Belediyespor in Samsun.[1]
Ali Topaloğlu started playing sports at the age of fifteen motivated by his father. Since 2014, he has been competing at international championships and has won several gold medals.[1]
He won the silver medal in the Mosaic discus event at the 2017 IAADS European Athletics Championships held in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.[2] At the 2018 World Championships for Athletes with Down Syndrome in Madeira, Portugal, he became world champion in the shot put event and won two silver medals in discus and 200 m.[1][3][4] He became the European champion and set a world record in the shot put event of the 2019 Open European Championships for Athletes with Down Syndrome in Tampere, Finland.[5][6][7]
Achievements edit
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Turkey
| |||||
| 2017 | IAADS European Athletics Championships | Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | 2nd | Mosaic Discus | 23.38 m |
| 2018 | World Championships for Athletes with Down Syndrome | Madeira, Portogal | 4th | Javelin (600 g) | 12.73 |
| 1st | Shot put (4 kg) |
10.04 m | |||
| 2nd | Discus (1 kg) |
25.77 m | |||
| 2nd | 200 m | 32.14 | |||
| 2019 | 5th IAADS Open European Athletics Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | Mosaic Shot put | 10,96 m WR |
References edit
- ^ a b c Çavuş, Mustafa (16 October 2018). "Özel sporcu Ali başarıya doymuyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "RResultados Campenato Europa IAADS.pdf" (in Portuguese). Associação de Atletismo do Porto. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Turkey wins 11 medals in Down Syndrome championships". Hürriyet Daily News. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "5th IAADS Down Syndrome World Athletics Championships" (PDF). Associação de Atletismo R.A.Madeira. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Down Sendromlu milli sporcu Ali Topaloğlu'ndan dünya rekoru". Sabah (in Turkish). 28 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Results of the IAADS Athletics European Championships, Tampere, Finland" (PDF). Tampere 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Turkey wins 28 medals in Down syndrome championships". Hürriyet Daily News. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.