Faruk Kavaz
{{Short description|Turkish curler}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Faruk Kavaz
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|2}}
| birth_place = Erzurum, Turkey
| Curling club = Milli Piyango CA, Erzurum
| Skip = Uğurcan Karagöz
| Third = Muhammet Haydar Demirel
| Second = Muhammed Zeki Uçan
| Lead = Orhun Yüce
| Alternate = Faruk Kavaz
| Member Association = {{TUR}}
| World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMCC|2023}})
| European Championship appearances = 2 ({{EuCC|2022}}, {{EuCC|2023}})
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Faruk Kavaz (born January 2, 1999) is a Turkish curler from Erzurum.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/03/2023-BKT-Tires-OK-Tires-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-1.pdf|title=2023 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=April 8, 2023}} He is currently the alternate on the Turkish National Men's Curling Team skipped by Uğurcan Karagöz.
Career
Kavaz was the lead on the Turkish junior men's team, skipped by Oğuzhan Karakurt, during the 2019–20 season. The team played in the 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships, finishing with a 5–2 record. They then lost in the quarterfinals 7–4 to Italy's Giacomo Colli.{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/656|title=World Junior-B Curling Championships 2019|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=April 8, 2023}}
The following season, Kavaz aged out of juniors. He would join the Turkish men's team for the 2022–23 season as their alternate. At the 2022 European Curling Championships, the team, skipped by Uğurcan Karagöz, went 4–5,{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/723|title=Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2022|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=April 8, 2023}} good enough to qualify the team for the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship, the first World Men's Championship for Turkey. On the World Curling Tour, the team won the 2023 Belgium Men's Challenger.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazetepusula.net/gelsin-eurolar/315817/|title=Gelsin 'Euro'lar|language=Turkish|website=Pusula|access-date=April 8, 2023}} At the World Championships, the team finished in eleventh place, with a 2–11 record, winning the first ever games at the Worlds for the Turkish men's team.{{Cite news|url=https://www.eurosport.com/curling/turkey-win-first-ever-game-at-men-s-curling-world-championships-beating-new-zealand-before-win-over-_sto9547002/story.shtml|title=Turkey win first-ever game at Men's Curling World Championships beating New Zealand before win over Korea|publisher=EuroSport|date=April 7, 2023|access-date=April 8, 2023}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/brad-gushue-canada-wrap-up-round-robin-with-win-over-niklas-edin-sweden-at-men-s-worlds-1.1942403|title=Gushue, Canada wrap up round robin with win over Edin, Sweden|publisher=TSN|date=April 7, 2023|access-date=April 8, 2023}}
Personal life
Teams
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! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate |
| scope="row"| 2019–20{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=46670&view=Teams#1|title=Faruk Kavaz Past Teams|website=CurlingZone|access-date=April 8, 2023}}
| Oğuzhan Karakurt || Orhun Yüce || Muhammet Haydar Demirel || Faruk Kavaz || Eren Yıldız |
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| scope="row" | 2022–23
| Uğurcan Karagöz || Muhammet Haydar Demirel || Muhammed Zeki Uçan || Orhun Yüce || Faruk Kavaz |
References
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