Raşit Tolun

{{Short description|Turkish alpine skier (1920–2000)}}

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| nationality = Turkish

| sport = Alpine skiing

| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|2|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Istanbul, Ottoman Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|4|23|1920|2|29|df=yes}}

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Raşit Tolun (29 February 1920 – 23 April 2000) was a Turkish alpine skier and chemist. He competed in two events at the 1948 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/rasit-tolun-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074052/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/rasit-tolun-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Raşit Tolun Olympic Results |accessdate=2 March 2018}}

Tolun later became a professor and a chemist.{{Cite book|edition=1|title=MADENCİLİĞE YÖN VERENLER / RAŞİT TOLUN|date=1999|trans-title=MINING DIRECTORS / RAŞİT TOLUN|publisher=YURT MADENCİLİĞİNİ GELİŞTİRME VAKFI|location=Istanbul}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-evening-mail/157548692/|newspaper=Birmingham Evening Mail|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 1, 1981|page=13|title=Drastic action}} {{Open access}} He worked at several universities in multiple countries and wrote over 90 articles published in academic journals, both Turkish and foreign. He was given the 1981 Sedat Simavi award for leading the development of "production of sodium hydroxide and boric acid by the electrolysis of sodium borate solutions".{{Cite web|url=https://che.itu.edu.tr/personel/unutmadiklarimiz|publisher=Istanbul Technical University|language=Turkish|title=Unutmadıklarımız|trans-title=What we haven't forgotten}}