Özkan Baltacı (born 13 February 1994) is a Turkish

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er.

Sport career

Baltacı is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics in

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. In age-specific categories, he won the silver medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships, the bronze medal at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival and finished tenth at the 2012 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2010 World Junior Championships and the 2015 European U23 Championships without reaching the final. He finished ninth at the 2016 European Championships, won the silver medal at the

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, finished fifth at the 2017 Universiade and finished twelfth at the 2017 World Championships. He also competed at the

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without reaching the final. He won the gold medal at the Athletics at the

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held in

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, Italy. His personal best throw is 76.84 metres, achieved in May 2018 in

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. Baltacı represented Turkey at the 2024 Summer Olympics in

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, France finishing in the 27th place with his hammer throw of 71.40 m. He won the silver medal in the hammer throw event with 74.58 m at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in

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, Slovenia. He contributed to his team's record with 15 points.

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* * * 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from İzmir Turkish male hammer throwers World Athletics Championships athletes for Turkey FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Turkey Olympic male hammer throwers Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Fenerbahçe athletes {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub