He started athletics during his education at the military high school in Konya. In 1945, he broke the Turkish record in triple jump. After his bronze medal jump at the Olympics, he won another bronze medal at the 1950 European Athletics Championships in Brussels, Belgium. He became so the first ever track and field athlete from Turkey to win a medal at the Olympics and the European Championships. Ruhi Sarıalp became champion at the World Military Athletics Championships held 1951 in Rome, Italy by breaking the World record. He repeated his first place in the same championships of 1952.[2]
ruhi, sarıalp, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, templates, tools, available, ass. This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ruhi Sarialp December 15 1924 March 3 2001 was a Turkish track and field athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump He was born in Manisa 1 Ruhi Sarialp Medal recordMen s athleticsRepresenting TurkeyMen s athleticsOlympic Games1948 London Triple jumpEuropean Championships1950 Brussels Triple jumpBackground EditHe competed for Turkey in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London Great Britain in the triple jump where he won the bronze medal with a mark of 15 02 m He started athletics during his education at the military high school in Konya In 1945 he broke the Turkish record in triple jump After his bronze medal jump at the Olympics he won another bronze medal at the 1950 European Athletics Championships in Brussels Belgium He became so the first ever track and field athlete from Turkey to win a medal at the Olympics and the European Championships Ruhi Sarialp became champion at the World Military Athletics Championships held 1951 in Rome Italy by breaking the World record He repeated his first place in the same championships of 1952 2 After leaving the active sports Ruhi Sarialp served as a lecturer for physical education in the School of Maritime at Istanbul Technical University ITU The indoor sports hall of ITU located in the Tuzla district of Istanbul is named after him 3 He was a member of the supreme council of the Fenerbahce SK athletic branch Fenerbahce Athletics 4 He died on March 3 2001 in Izmir due to agonal respiration and was buried in the Edirnekapi Martyr s Cemetery in Istanbul 5 He was married with Ayse Cebesoy a niece of the renowned Turkish statesman Ali Fuat Cebesoy 6 References Edit http www atletin org izatletizm sarialp 20ruhi htm Atletik in Turkish School of Maritime Istanbul Technical University Archived 2007 02 02 at the Wayback Machine in Turkish Angelfire news in Turkish Newspaper Hurriyet March 6 2001 Archived September 13 2002 at archive today in Turkish Weekly News Magazine Aksiyon Archived 2006 12 15 at the Wayback Machine in Turkish External links EditOlympics Database This article about a Turkish Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article relating to Turkish athletics and track and field is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ruhi Sarialp amp oldid 1133276195, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
