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Devrim Cenk Ulusoy

Turkish freediver and world record holder

Devrim Cenk Ulusoy (born 2 January 1973) is a Turkish World record holder free-diver. Currently, he performs his underwater sport activities for Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Su Altı Sporları Kulübü (Middle East Technical University Underwater Sports Club).

Contents

  • 1 Personal life
  • 2 Sports career
  • 3 Selected records
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Personal life

Born on January 2, 1973 in Niğde, he was educated at Ortaköy Gazi Osman Paşa Secondary School between 1983 and 1986. He graduated from Kabataş High School in 1990. In 1991, Ulusoy enrolled in the Eastern Mediterranean University at Northern Cyprus to study mechanical engineering. He dropped out of university in his third (junior) year in 1997.

Ulusoy served in the military between 1998 and 2000. He got married in 2009, and has been living at Çanakkale since 2010, where he is studying physical education and sports at the Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University.

Sports career

Devrim Cenk Ulusoy began with water sports at Galatasaray Swimming's Kuruçeşme facility in Istanbul at the age of five as a therapy for his right arm, which was paralysed since age two due to a fall from a high chair. Following his two successive years champion *les in his age category, Ulusoy entered the club as a licensed member at the Galatasaray Kalamış Facilities. At the age of nine, Ulusoy was admitted to the Turkish national swimming team. He was not permitted to represent his country abroad because of his tattoos.

After three years of retirement, he returned to active sports entering monofin finswimming discipline. He won numerous national championship *les.

Ulusoy began free-diving in 2003. Since then, he set more than 20 national records, two official European records and eight World records. In addition, he owns many Turkish champion *les, and won one European and two World championships.

His sports career also includes activities as a swimming coach in the clubs of İstanbul Yüzme İhtisas, Yeşilköy Spor and Bakırköy Spor, as well as a tennis coach during his university years in Northern Cyprus.

Selected records

  • 159.54:m (523.4:ft) Jump Blue apnea with fins (at sea) WR in Antalya, Turkey on September 5, 2008
  • 83.1:m (273:ft) Constant Weight with fins (at sea) WR in Tekirova, Kemer, Antalya Province, Turkey on October 26, 2008
  • 80:m (260:ft) Free immersion apnea without fin (at sea) WR in Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey on October 1, 2011
  • 87:m (285:ft) Constant Weight with fins (at sea) in WR Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey on October 2, 2011
  • 81:m (266:ft) Free immersion apnea without fin (at sea) WR in Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey on September 25, 2012
  • 81:m (266:ft) Variable weight apnea without fin (at sea) WR in Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey on September 26, 2012

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