Yavuz Can
Yavuz Can (born 23 February 1987) is a Turkish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[1] He won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. In addition, he competed at two outdoor and two indoor European Championships, as well as the 2012 World Indoor Championships in his native Turkey.
His personal bests in the 400 metres are 45.64 seconds outdoors (Zeulenroda 2016) and 46.87 seconds indoors (Istanbul 2015), both performances was labelled as Turkish national record in this disciplines.
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Turkey | |||||
| 2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 10th (sf) | 400 m | 46.55 |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 10th (h) | 4x400 m relay | 3:11.28 |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | – | 400 m | DQ | |
| 13th (h) | 4x400 m relay | 3:11.44 | |||
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 9th (sf) | 400 m | 47.26 |
| Mediterranean Games | Mersin, Turkey | 6th | 400 m | 46.70 | |
| 2nd | 4x400 m relay | 3:05.28 | |||
| Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 10th (sf) | 400 m | 46.65 | |
| 4th | 4x400 m relay | 3:06.36 | |||
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 32nd (h) | 400 m | 46.90 |
| 12th (h) | 4x400 m relay | 3:07.68 | |||
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 13th (sf) | 400 m | 47.81 |
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 8th (sf) | 400 m | 46.82 |
| European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7th | 400 m | 45.51 | |
| 9th (h) | 4x400 m relay | 3:04.65 | |||
References
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