Turkish Rowing National Team came 4th in the Sea Rowing World Championship

In the statement made by the Turkish Rowing Federation, the Parakürek Mix İki Çifte team, consisting of Ebru Akınal and Muharrem Dakın, finished the competition in 4th place in the organization held in the city of Barletta.

With this result in the mixed double sculls category of the PR3 (Para-Rowing 3) classification, where teams consisting of an Olympic athlete and a pararower compete, Muharrem Dakın became the pararower athlete who achieved a degree for the first time, while Ebru Akınal, an Olympic athlete from the National Rowing Team, achieved a degree in this branch. broke new ground.

National athlete Ebru Akınal, whose opinions were included in the statement, stated that she was very happy with this success.

Stating that they participated in the race in the para-rowing category for the first time, Ebru said, “It was a brand new experience for us athletes and it was a race in which we pushed our own limits. I competed in the PR3 category and the women’s single sculls category, which was my first time in sea rowing. Especially the PR3 race was a very different experience for me. The course was challenging, we finished fourth in a very close race. We faced our opponent, the host Italy, in the final. We were congratulated by all the Italian fans in the stands. We signaled that we would represent Turkey more assertively in both para-rowing and sea rowing races in the following years. “It was a championship in which we learned a lot and improved ourselves.” made his assessment.

Pararowing National Team Athlete Muharrem Dakın stated that they will achieve new successes by working harder and said, “We participated as the Turkish Rowing National Team. In addition, by representing Turkish rowing in the paralympic category for the first time, we showed that we exist and will continue to do so in the future. Although we did not get the result we wanted “Even though we could not compete, we managed to hold our own against other athletes at the Olympic level and understood what we were capable of. This time, we are returning as fourth in the world,” he said.