Mustafa Çakır

{{short description|Turkish yacht racer}}

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| event = Laser class

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| club = Heybeliada Aquatics Club, Istanbul

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{{MedalCompetition|Laser 4.7 World Championships }}

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Mustafa Çakır (born December 15, 1986, in Sinop, Turkey) is a Turkish yacht racer competing in the Laser class. The {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall athlete at {{convert|85|kg|lb|abbr=on}} is a member of Heybeliada Aquatics Club in Istanbul, where he is coached by Saruhan Çınay.{{cite web |url=http://www.gsb.gov.tr/londra2012/site/sporcular.asp?nameid=359 |publisher=GSB |title=Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında-Yelken-Mustafa Çakır |language=Turkish |accessdate=2012-07-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121222040915/http://www.gsb.gov.tr/londra2012/site/sporcular.asp?nameid=359 |archive-date=2012-12-22 |url-status=dead }}

He qualified for participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 39th place.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/mustafa-cakir-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114746/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/mustafa-cakir-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Mustafa Çakır Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=2016-06-21}}

He won the Laser-Europacup 2012 held in Martigues, France.{{cite web |url=http://tr.eurosport.com/yelken/mustafa-cakir-birinci-oldu_sto3229225/story.shtml |publisher=Eurosport |title=Mustafa Çakır Avrupa birincisi |date=2012-04-10 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2012-07-11 }}

Achievements

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colspan="6" | Representing {{TUR}}
rowspan="2" | 2002

| Laser Europe Cup

| Netherlands

| 5th

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Laser 4.7 World U18 Championships

| Netherlands

| 10th

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2003

| |Laser 4.7 World U18 Championships

| Çeşme, Turkey

| bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd

| Laser 4.7

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2011

| Turkish Sailing Championships

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2012

| Laser – Europacup

| Martigues, France

| bgcolor="gold" | 1st

| Laser 4.7

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References