Fatih Avan (born 1 January 1989) is a male

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javelin thrower. The tall athlete at is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics team, where he is coached by Metin Altıntaş.

Career

Avan participated at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara,

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and won the gold medal with a personal best throw of 79.78 m. At the 9th European Winter Throwing Cup held on 14 March 2009 in Los Realejos on

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, he ranked third throwing the javelin 74.82 m. Avan is broke the Turkish record with a mark of 77.15 m in June 2009 in

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. He represented Turkey at the

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, but did not make it past the qualifying round. In 2011 he improved his Turkish record to 81.16 m, clearing the eighty-metre mark for the first time, and the performance brought him the under-23 gold at the

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. In 2011 he improved his Turkish record to 84.11 m, and won silver medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in

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. He set a new national record with 85.60 m at the Turkish Super League held on 20 May 2012 in Izmir. The former record belonged also him with 84.79 m. Avan was qualified before to participate at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal at the

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held in Palembang, Indonesia.

Achievements

Seasonal bests by year

*2008 – 71.73 *2009 – 79.78 *2010 – 79.13 *2011 – 84.79 *2012 – 85.60 *2013 – 84.58 *2014 – 83.05 *2015 – 81.45

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Avan, Fatih 1989 births Living people Turkish male javelin throwers Fenerbahçe athletes People from Andırın Olympic athletes for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics FISU World University Games gold medalists for Turkey Universiade bronze medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey 21st-century Turkish people