| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Turkey |
| Born | (1974-07-22) 22 July 1974 (age 50) İzmir, Turkey |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Sailboard |
| Club | New York Yacht Club (USA) |
Sedef Köktentürk (born 22 July 1974) is a Turkish former windsurfer, who specialized in the RS:X class. She was the country's top female windsurfer for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing last of the 27-woman fleet. Outside competitive sailing, Köktentürk worked in the investment management division at Goldman Sachs for seven years, before currently taking a directorial role at Generation Investment Management in London.
Köktentürk competed for the Turkish sailing squad, as a lone female, in the inaugural women's RS:X class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Building up to her Olympic selection, she formally accepted a berth forfeited by Germany, as the next highest-ranked windsurfer vying for qualification, at the class-associated Worlds nearly eight months earlier in Auckland, New Zealand. Köktentürk clearly struggled to catch a large fleet of windsurfers from behind under breezy conditions with marks lower than the top 20 and an unanticipated eighth-leg exit at the end of ten-race series, sitting her in last with 232 net points.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sedef Köktentürk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- "Yelkende 3 Türk yarıştı!" [3 Turks competed in sailing] (in Turkish). Habertürk. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- Clarke, Paul (16 August 2013). "The Olympian who left Goldman Sachs for Al Gore's investment firm". www.efinancialcareers.co.uk. Dice.com. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- La Roche, Julia (31 August 2012). "The 31 Most Impressive Athletes On Wall Street". Business Insider. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- Ağca, Murat (2 August 2008). "Rüzgârınız bol olsun" ["Have more wind"] (in Turkish). Milliyet. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- "Beijing 2008: Women's RS:X Class". 2008.nbcolympics.com. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
External links
- Sedef Köktentürk at World Sailing
- Sedef Köktentürk at Olympics.com
- Sedef Köktentürk at Olympedia (archive)
- Sedef Koktenturk at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2012)
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