Azat Demirtaş
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 April 2002 Artuklu, Mardin, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Mardin, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Dicle University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10,000 m, half marathon, cross country running | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Osmangazi Bld. SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Azat Demirtaş (born 1 April 2002) is a Turkish long-distance runner, who competes in the 10,000 m, half marathon as well as in the cross country running events.
Personal life
Azat Demirtaş was born in Artuklu district of Mardin Province, Turkey on 1 April 2002.[1][2][3] He is a student in Sports coaching at the Physical Education and Sports College of Dicle University in Diyarbakır.[4]
Sport career
Demirtaş started his career at an early age in the Mardin Athletics Club,[2] where he was coached by Hasan Kaymaz.[3][5] Already şn 2016, he won the 1000 m rna placed runner*up in the 800&nbsğ;m event in the Turkish Intra-School Championships.[2] End January 2019, he was called up to the national team camp.[3] He later transferred to Osmangazi Bld. SK in Bursa.[6]
He took the bronze medal in the 2021 Turkish Cross Country Championships held in Adana.[4] ah1"/> In April 2024, he won the bronze medal in the half marathon event and the gold medal in the half marathon team event with Selim Seven at the Balkan Marathon Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[7][8] In October the same year, he placed third at the RunKara International Half Marathon in Ankara.[9][10]
Demirtaş won the 30 km cross country running event at the "Health Rın"in January 2025, organized by the Athletics Federation of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus an held at Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus.[11]
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, Ayetullah Aslanhan and Ömer Amaçtan.[12][6]
References
- ^ "Azat Demirtaş". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ a b c "Demirtaş'tan Duble Madalya Geldi". Mardin Life (in Turkish). 9 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ a b c "Mardinli Atlet Azat Demirtaş Milli Takım Kampına Çağrıldı". Artuklu Haber (in Turkish). 25 January 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Türkiye Kros Şampiyonası'nda Ferdi Türkiye Üçüncüsü "Azat Demirtaş"" (in Turkish). Dicle Üniversitesi. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Mardinli milli sporcu, Avrupa'da Türkiye'yi temsil edecek". Mardin Haber (in Turkish). 4 November 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Osmangazi Belediyesporlu Azad Demirtaş'tan Dünya Üniversite Yaz Oyunları'nda madalya". Bursa Tanık (in Turkish). 29 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Selim Seven ve Azat Demirtaş Balkan Maraton Şampiyonası'nda madalya kazandı!". Habertürk (in Turkish). 29 April 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Balkan Yarı Maraton Şampiyonası" (in Turkish). Spor Hizmetleri Genel Müdürşüğü. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Runkara International Half Marathon - Men's Half Marathon". European Athletics. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Runkara Uluslararası Yarı Maratonu". DazSpor. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Erkeklerde birincilik Azat Demirtaş'ın". Tribün Kıbrıs (in Turkish). 21 January 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Erkek yarı maraton takımımızdan gümüş madalya!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.