Fatih Avan (born 1 January 1989) is a male Turkish

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

Career

Avan participated in the

2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games () and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the International Committee of Mediterran ...

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and won the

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with a personal best throw of 79.78 m. At the 9th European Winter Throwing Cup held on 14 March 2009 in

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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

Bursa Bursa () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of ...

. He represented Turkey at the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenbu ...

, 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

2011 European Cup Winter Throwing The 2011 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 19 and 20 March 2011 at the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was the eleventh edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and was jointly organised by the European Athle ...

. In 2011 he improved his Turkish record to 84.11 m, and won silver medal at the

2011 European Athletics U23 Championships The 8th European Athletics U23 Championships were held on 14–17 July 2011 in the Městský stadion (Ostrava), Městský stadion in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Russia topped the medal table with 20 medals in total, including 9 golds (after revision ...

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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

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 ...

. The former record belonged also him with 84.79 m. Avan was qualified before to participate at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He won the silver medal at the

2013 Islamic Solidarity Games The 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games ( Indonesian: ''Pesta Olahraga Solidaritas Islam 2013'') was an international sporting event held in Palembang, Indonesia from 22 September to 1 October 2013. The 2009 event, originally scheduled to take place in ...

held in

Palembang Palembang (, Palembang: ''Pelémbang'', Mandarin: 巨港 (Jùgǎng), Hokkien: 舊港 (Kū-káng), Jawi: ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River in the ea ...

, 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

References

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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 FISU World University Games 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 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey