Arif Alaftargil

Arif Alaftargil
Born (1973-10-27) October 27, 1973
Erzurum, Turkey

Arif Alaftargil (born October 27, 1973) is a retired Olympian alpine skier from Turkey, who competed in slalom and giant slalom events.

Early life

Arif Alaftargil was born on October 27, 1973 in Erzurum, Turkey.[1] He is a member of skier family. His father İlhami owned a ski equipment store at Palandöken Mountain, and his three brothers are skiers. His younger brother Atakan Alaftargil competed for Turkey at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA.[2][3][4]

Career

Arif Alaftargil competed for Turkey at the 1998 Winter Olympics ranking at 29th place in the slalom event with his time of 2:25.09.[1][2][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Arif Alaftargi". SR/Olympic Sports. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  2. 1 2 Ulagay, Alp (2002-02-02). "Üç kar şehrinden üç genç Olimpiyatlara gidiyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. Tuncer, Yasin (2002-02-04). "Alaftargil ailesinin 'olimpik' gururu". Zaman (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  4. "İlhami Alaftargil vefat etti". Erzurum Haber (in Turkish). 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  5. Kırcalı, Hüseyin (1998-02-22). "Arif görevini yaptı". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  6. "Alaftargil sevindirdi". Zaman (in Turkish). 1998-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

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Olympic Games
Preceded by
Mithat Yıldırım
Flagbearer for  Turkey
Nagano 1998
Succeeded by
Atakan Alaftargil


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