Mert Efe Kılıçer (born 17 November 2004) is a Turkish
artistic gymnast
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. He is a member of the
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
.
Personal life
Mert Efe Kılıçer was born in
Yenimahalle, Ankara
Yenimahalle is a municipality and metropolitan district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 219 km2, and its population is 704,652 (2022). It is a fast-growing urban residential district of the city of Ankara, Turkey's capital. Its elevat ...
, Turkey on 17 November 2004.
He completed his secondary education at Private Final Akademi
Anatolian High School
Anatolian High School, or Anadolu High School (), refers to public high schools in Turkey that admit their students according to high nationwide standardized test (LGS) scores, though this is not required for entering all Anatolian High Schools.
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in
Bolu
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Early years
Encouraged by his family, Kılıçer started with gymnastics in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
at the age of six. In 2013, he moved to
Kayseri
Kayseri () is a large List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. Historically known as Caesarea (Mazaca), Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since anc ...
upon the suggestion of his cousin, who was performing the same sport there. He continued his training with his coach Mehmet Bilgin, and showed development in a short time. He won his first title in a championship for primary school students. He became a national athlete in the youth age groups. He achieved various important results in three international championships he participated in.
He won the silver medal in the horizontal bar and the bronze medal in the parallel bars event of the junior category at the
2020 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 34th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 9 to 13 December 2020 at the Mersin Gymnastics Hall in Mersin, Turkey. The competition was originally scheduled to be held from 27 to 31 May 2020 in Baku, Azerbaijan, but ...
in
Mersin
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, Turkey.
In 2021, he captured the gold medal in the parallel bars event of the junior category at the Ukraine International Cup in
Kyiv
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.
In March 2024, Kılıçer transferred from Rüya Cimnastik SK to Göztepe Olimpik SK. In the national team, he is coached by Yılmaz Göktekşn.
Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
Antalya
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, Turkey.
He won the bronze medal in the horizontal bar event at the first leg of the
2025 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series
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Schedule World Cup series
World Challenge Cup series
Series win ...
in
Cottbus
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Tashkent
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