Dilara Uralp (born 16 November 1995) is a Turkish

windsurfer Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the Californian aerospace and surf culture. Windsurfing gain ...

who specialized in the RS:X class. She is a member of Çeşmealtı Windsurfing & Sailing Club in

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

. She studies Physical Education and Sports at

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University () (DEÜ) is a Public university, public research university in İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1982, it is organized into 18 faculties. It holds the distinction of being the first university in Turkey to implement the probl ...

in İzmir. Diara Uralp was born in Germany on 16 November 1995. In 2005, she began with windsurfing initiated by her father. She has been competing at domestic events since 2006, and internationally since 2010. She earned a quota spot at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. She became so the first ever Turkish participant to compete in the windsurfing at the

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* * * * * 1995 births Living people Turkish windsurfers Turkish sportswomen Female windsurfers Olympic sailors for Turkey Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games German sportspeople of Turkish descent People from Bad Urach Turkish female sailors (sport) Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Windsurfing-bio-stub