Ömer Amaçtan

Ömer Amaçtan
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2001-05-05) 5 May 2001
Çaldiran, Van Province, Turkey
Home townTurkey
EducationPhysical Education and Sport Teaching
Alma materErciyes University
Sport
Country Turkey
SportLong-distance running
Event(s)3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m, half marathon, cross country running
TeamEnka SK
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Turkey
FISU World University Games
Silver medal – second place 2025 Bochum Half marathon Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu Half marathon Team
Balkan Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Craiova 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Smederevo 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Cluj-Napoca 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Cluj-Napoca 5000 m
European U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Borås U20 3000 m
European U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Győr U18 3000 m
European Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Šamorín Junior Team
European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2017 Győr Youth 3000 

Ömer Amaçtan (born 5 May 2001) is a Turkish long-distance runner, who competes in the 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m, half marathon as well as in the cross country running events.

Personal life

Ömer Amaçtan was born in Çaldıran distirct of Van Province, eastern Turkey on 5 May 2001.[1][2] Due to financial difficulties in the family, he had to work at an early age in consturctions to earn his living during his school years.[1] He is a student of Physical Education and Sport Teaching at Erciyes University in Kayseri.[3]

Sport career

Amaçtan started sport during his school years. He became Turkish and Balkan champion in 2013, Balkan champion and third-placed between 2015 and 2017.[1] He was admitted to the Olympics Preparation Center (TOHM) in Erzurum in 2018, where he continued his education and was trained at the same time.[4] He later moved to the TOHM in Kayseri.[5] Before he transfered to Enka SK,[6] he was a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics.[7]

He captured the gold medal in the 3000 m event at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Győr, Hungary.[1][8] He and his teammates Ramazan Barbaros and Abdurrahman Gediklioğlu received the bronze medal in the junior team event at the 2017 European Cross Country Championships in Šamorín, Slovakia.[9]

In 2018, he took the silver medal in the 3000 m event at the European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, Hungary.[1][4][7] At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he finished the 3000 m event in 8th place.[10]

He took the bronze medal in the 3000 m event at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden.[11]

Amaçtan won two bronze medals in the 3000 m and 5000 m events at the 2020 Balkan Athletics Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[12]

He was qualified for the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships after running the 10,000 m in Bursa, Turkey in his personal best time of 29.38.[5] He finished the 10,000 m event in 10th place at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[13] At the 2021 Balkan Athletics Championships in Smederevo, Serbia, he became bronze medalist in the 3000 m event.[14] The same year at the European Athletics U23 Championships, he ranked 18th in the 5000 m event.

The 2022 European 10,000m Cup in Pacé, France, he placed 30th. That year, he won the bronze medal in the 3000 m event at the Balkan Athletics Championships in Craiova, Romania.[15]

The 2023 European 10,000m Cup in Pacé, France, he did not finish. In the 10,000 m event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, he ranked 11th.[16] The same year, at the rescheduled 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China, he and his teammates Sezgin Ataç, Ayetullah Aslanhan and Mahsun Değer captured the gold medal in the half marathon team event.[17]

At the 2025 International Adana Half Marathon, he placed third.[18] He competed at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, and won the silver medal in the half marathon team event with teammates Ramazan Baştuğ, Azat Demirtaş and Ayetullah Aslanhan.[6][19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "İnşaat işçiliğinden Avrupa ikinciliğine: Ömer Amaçtan". Sabah (in Turkish). 19 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Ömer Amaçtan". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Üniversitemiz, Üniversitelerarası Türkiye Kros Şampiyonası'nda Birincilik Elde Etti" (in Turkish). Erciyes Üniversitesi. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Haber Detayları" (in Turkish). Erzurum Gençlik ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Ömer Amaçtan Estonya Barajını Geçti" (in Turkish). Kayseri Gençlik ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Sporcularımızdan Dünya Üniversite Yaz Oyunları Atletizm Branşında Başarılı Sonuçlar" (in Turkish). Enka Spor Kulübü. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Ömer Amaçtan'dan Avrupa Atletizm Şampiyonası'nda Gümüş Madalya" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  8. ^ "3000 m Dorpstenci - Finale" (PDF) (in Hungarian). European Youth Olympic Festival. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Avrupa Kros Şampiyonası'nda 3 altın". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). 10 December 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Buenos Aires 2018 Yaz Gençlik Olimpiyat Oyunları Raporu" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  11. ^ Kaymaz, Yunus (20 July 2019). "Ömer Amaçtan Avrupa üçüncüsü oldu". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  12. ^ Demirer, Hüseyin Burak (20 September 2020). "Türkiye Balkan Atletizm Şampiyonası'nda 2. oldu". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Millî sporcu Karahan, gülle atmada gümüş madalya kazandı". TV 5 (in Turkish). 9 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  14. ^ Çakmak, Fatih (27 June 2021). "74. Balkan Atletizm Şampiyonası'nı milli sporcular 19 madalya ile tamamladı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  15. ^ Yılmaz, Mustafa (19 June 2022). "Atletizm Milli Takımı'ndan Balkan Şampiyonası'nda 22 madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  16. ^ Kaçar, Murat (20 July 2023). "U23 Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda 2 altın madalya". Yeni Dönem (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  17. ^ "FISU World University Games - Shuangliu Sports Centre, Chengdu (CHN) - 01–06 AUG 202". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  18. ^ "14. Adana Kurtuluş Yarı Maratonu" (in Turkish). Adana Belediyesi. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Erkek yarı maraton takımımızdan gümüş madalya!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
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