Başar Oktar (born May 19, 2002) is a Turkish figure skater. He is the 2017 Denkova-Staviski Cup silver medalist on the senior level.
| Başar Oktar | |||||||||
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 Oktar at the 2019 World Junior Championships | |||||||||
| Born | May 19, 2002 Antalya, Turkey | ||||||||
| Hometown | Ankara, Turkey | ||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||
| Country |  Turkey | ||||||||
| Discipline | Men's singles | ||||||||
| Coach | Manuela Silvia Cristudor | ||||||||
| Skating club | Kuzeyin Yıldızları | ||||||||
| Began skating | 2008 | ||||||||
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Career
editEarly career
editOktar began learning to skate in 2008 at a mall.[1][2] After winning his first junior national title, he was selected to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. His short program placement, 31st, was not enough to qualify to the free skate.
2016–2017 season
editOktar debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in August 2016 in France. He placed 18th at the French event and later 14th in Estonia. In February 2017, he finished fourth at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Erzurum, Turkey. A month later, he placed 26th in the short program at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.
2017–2018 season
editIn September, Oktar competed at two 2017 JGP events, finishing fourth in Austria and sixth in Croatia. His senior international debut came in November at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in Bulgaria. He won the silver medal behind Kevin Aymoz from France. He finished the 2017-18 season at 51st in the world ranking.
2018–2019 season
editOktar opened his season on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 13th in Canada and 11th in Slovenia. In December, he received bronze medals at Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul behind Morisi Kvitelashvili and Ivan Shmuratko.
In March, Oktar qualified to the final segment at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. He was the first male skater that qualified for the free program. He ranked 19th in the short program, 16th in the free skate, and 19st overall.
2019–2020 season
editOktar changed his coach before the season and moved to Ankara. He finished tenth at Junior Grand Prix events in both Riga and Zagreb. He won the silver medal at Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul, earning a national record of 209.54 points. In March, Oktar qualified to the final segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, and again finished the competition in 19th.
2020–2021 season
editIn October, after the COVID-19 pandemic required a lockdown for all sports activities, Oktar made his senior national debut at Ataturk Cup in Kocaeli and won the gold medal. Competing at the 2021 Turkish Championships, he took the silver medal. He competed in his first ISU Challenger Series event, the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, where he placed fourth. He also placed fifth at the 2021 Challenge Cup in the Netherlands, setting a national record of 217.05 points in total. Oktar was selected to compete for the Turkish Figure Skating Federation at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, where he placed twenty-eighth.[3]
2021–2022 season
editOktar was the designated Turkish qualifying entry at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to try to secure a berth for the 2022 Winter Olympics. He finished in tenth position, 0.06 points behind fellow Turkish skater Burak Demirboğa and making Turkey the first alternate for the Olympic Games. He went on to place twentieth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria.[4]
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2021–2022 |
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| 2020–2021 [5] |
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| 2019–2020 [6] |
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| 2018–2019 [7] |
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| 2017–2018 [8] |
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| 2016–2017 [1] |
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| 2015–2016 [9] |
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| 2014–2015 |
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| 2013–2014 |
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Competitive highlights
editCS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[4] | ||||||||||
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| Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
| Worlds | 28th | |||||||||
| CS Budapest Trophy | 4th | |||||||||
| CS Denis Ten Memorial | 12th | |||||||||
| CS Golden Spin | 22nd | |||||||||
| CS Cup of Austria | 20th | |||||||||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 10th | WD | ||||||||
| CS Nepela Memorial | 11th | |||||||||
| Bosphorus Cup | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | WD | ||||||
| Challenge Cup | 5th | 6th | ||||||||
| Cup of Tyrol | 11th | |||||||||
| Denkova-Staviski | 2nd | 2nd | ||||||||
| Dragon Trophy | 5th | |||||||||
| Skate Victoria | 5th | |||||||||
| International: Junior[4] | ||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 31st | 26th | 25th | 19th | 19th | |||||
| JGP Canada | 13th | |||||||||
| JGP Slovenia | 11th | |||||||||
| JGP Austria | 4th | |||||||||
| JGP Croatia | 6th | 10th | ||||||||
| JGP Estonia | 14th | |||||||||
| JGP France | 18th | |||||||||
| JGP Latvia | 10th | |||||||||
| EYOF | 4th | |||||||||
| Halloween Cup | 1st | |||||||||
| Cup Of Nice | 3rd | |||||||||
| Dragon Trophy | 2nd | |||||||||
| Denkova-Staviski | 3rd | 2nd | ||||||||
| Gardena | 4th | |||||||||
| NRW Trophy | 16th | |||||||||
| Santa Claus Cup | 6th | 4th | ||||||||
| Sarajevo Open | 1st | |||||||||
| Skate Celje | 3rd | |||||||||
| Skate Helena | 1st | WD | ||||||||
| Sofia Trophy | 1st | 1st | ||||||||
| National[10] | ||||||||||
| Turkish Champ. | 1st J | 1st J | 1st J | 1st J | 1st J | 2nd | 2nd | WD | WD | |
Detailed results
edit| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Oct 25–27, 2024 |  2024 CS Nepela Memorial
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7 | 66.36 | 12 | 99.48 | 11 | 165.84 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Basar OKTAR: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Turkish figure skaters aim [for] medals". EYOF 2017. February 8, 2017. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017.
- ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Men". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b c "Competition Results: Basar OKTAR". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Basar OKTAR: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Basar OKTAR: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 10, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Basar OKTAR: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Basar OKTAR: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Basar OKTAR: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Buzpateni". Turkish Ice Skating Federation.
External links
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Media related to Başar Oktar at Wikimedia Commons
- Başar Oktar at the International Skating Union
- Başar Oktar at tracings.net
- Başar Oktar at rinkresults.com