Bilal Akgül

Bilal Akgül

Bilal Akgul at the men's cross-country event of 2008 Summer Olympics.
Personal information
Born	October 13, 1982
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current team	Brisaspor, Kocaeli
Discipline	Road and mountain biking
Role	Rider

Bilal Akgül (born October 13, 1982 in Adana) is a Turkish professional road cyclist and mountain biker riding for team Brisaspor.^[1] He is the first ever Turkish Olympian cyclist participating at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2][3][4][5]

He became 2005 Turkish mountain biking champion in cross-country at Ankara. The next year, he won the national champion titel in marathon mountain bike race at Çanakkale and the road race. In the 2007 season, Akgül became national mountain biking champion in cross-country and in marathon. He took part at the cross-country event of 2008 Summer Olympics without having finished.^[5]

Major results

Source^[2]

2005

 Turkey 1st, Kırıkkale MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kırıkkale

 Greece 2nd, Kos Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kos

 Turkey 1st, Bolu Festival MTB, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bolu

 Turkey 1st, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli

 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ankara

 Turkey 1st, Bursa MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bursa

 Turkey 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir

 Turkey 1st, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye

 Turkey 1st, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova

2006

 Turkey 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana

 Turkey 3rd, Manavgat, Mountainbike-Marathon, Antalya

 Turkey 1st, Gallipoli MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Çanakkale

 Turkey 2nd, Istanbul Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul

 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Road, Elite

 Turkey 2nd, Konya MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Konya

 Turkey 3rd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (a), Göreme

 Turkey 2nd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (c), Ürgüp

 Turkey 3rd, Balkan Championship XC, Mountainbike, Kartepe, Kocaeli

 Turkey 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova

 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale

2007

 Turkey 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana

 Turkey 3rd, Büyükada Cup XCO, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul

 Turkey 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Gaziantep

 Turkey 1st, Polonez Adampol Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul

 Turkey 1st, Ankara MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Ankara

 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ürgüp

 Turkey 3rd, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli

 Turkey 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir

 Turkey 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova

 Turkey 2nd, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye

 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale

2008

 Turkey 3rd, Stage 1 Tacettin Özsavaş Cup TTT

 China 35th, Olympic Games, Mountainbike, Beijing

2010

 Turkey 5th, National Championship, Road, Elite, Bolu

2011

 Turkey 1st, Salcano Turkish Mountainbike Championship, Istanbul/Arnavutköy^[1]

2012

 Turkey 3rd, Finike/Antalya, Mountainbike

 Turkey 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike

 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1st, Tuzla, Mountainbike

 Turkey 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike (b)

 Turkey 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite

References

1. "Salcano Türkiye Şampiyonu Bilal Akgül". Bisiklet Haber (in Turkish). 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
2. Bilal Akgül profile at Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
3. "Bilal Akgul". Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
4. "Bilal Akgül Sporcu Bilgileri" (in Turkish). Euro Sport. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
5. "Bilal Akgül". Sports Reference/Olympic Sports. Retrieved 2013-05-02.