Berk Akalın

Berk Akalın (born January 20, 1995) is a retired Turkish ice dancer.

Berk Akalın
Kelly and Akalın in 2020
Born	(1995-01-20) January 20, 1995 (age 30) Bursa, Turkey
Hometown	Bursa, Turkey
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Turkey
Partner	Katarina DelCamp (2023–25) Yuliia Zhata (2020–22) Nicole Kelly (2018–20) Çağla Demirsal (2010–17)
Coach	Mathew Gates
Skating club	Bursa Tek Paten SC
Began skating	2002
Retired	June 10, 2025

With wife and former ice dance partner, Katarina DelCamp, he competed at the 2025 European Championships and the 2025 World Championships. They are also the 2025 Ephesus Cup bronze medalists.

With former ice dance partner, Yuliia Zhata, he competed at the 2021 World Championships.

With former ice dance partner, Çağla Demirsal, he is the 2011 Turkish national champion and placed fourteenth at the 2013 World Junior Championships.^[1]

Personal life

Akalın was born on 20 January 1995 in Bursa, Turkey.^[2]

He married his skating partner, Katarina DelCamp, on 7 December 2022 in West Palm Beach, Florida after just a three-day-long engagement.^[3] The couple married again in Ankara, Turkey on 7 December 2024.^[4]

Programs

With DelCamp

Season	Short program	Free skating
2024–2025 [2]	You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon by Neil Diamond Jungle Boogie by Kool & the Gang choreo. by Matthew Gates	Dawn of Faith by Eternal Eclipse Newborn by Elephant Music choreo. by Matthew Gates

With Kelly

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2019–2020 [5]	Foxtrot: You Are Woman, I Am Man Quickstep: Overture (from Funny Girl) by Jule Styne performed by Barbra Streisand choreo. by Massimo Scali	The Most Evolved by John H. Clarke Rocío de Todos los Campos by Natalia Lafourcade Almoraima by Paco de Lucía choreo. by Massimo Scali

With Demirsal

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2014–2015	Flamenco: Paso Doble: Flamenco:
2013–2014 [6]	Quickstep: When You Smile by Salter McDonald Charleston: Kiss by Max Raabe	Russian folk medley
2012–2013 [7]	Blues: Why Don't You Do Right Hip Hop: Family Affair by DJ Fede	Still Alive Piano Concerto No. 23 (modern arrangement) Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21 Still Alive Piano Concerto No. 23 (modern arrangement) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2011–2012 [8]	Rhumba Cha Cha	Flight of the Bumble Bee
2010–2011 [9]	Waltz Tango	Desperado

Single skating

Season	Short program	Free skating
2009–2010 [10]	The Rock by Hans Zimmer	The Survivor by Russ Landau

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Katarina DelCamp

Competition placements at senior level ^[11]

Season	2024–25
World Championships	35th
European Championships	27th
Bosphorus Cup	5th
Ephesus Cup	3rd
Lake Placid IDI	18th
Mezzaluna Cup	10th

Ice dance with Zhata

International[12]
Event	20–21	21–22
Worlds	27th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		14th
Egna Trophy	WD
Lake Placid IDI		12th
LuMi Trophy	3rd
Winter Star	5th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Ice dance with Kelly

International[13]
Event	18–19	19–20
Worlds		C
Europeans		26th
CS Ice Star		9th
CS U.S. Classic		9th
Bosphorus Cup	7th	9th
Warsaw Cup	7th
C = Cancelled

Pairs with Demirsal

International[1]
Event	15–16	16–17
Bavarian Open		5th
Sarajevo Open	3rd
National[1]
Turkish Champ.	1st

Ice dance with Demirsal

Demirsal / Akalın at the 2012 World Junior Championships

International: Junior[1]
Event	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15
Junior Worlds	16th PR	18th	14th	17th
Ondrej Nepela					8th
JGP Germany			5th
JGP Latvia		16th
JGP Turkey			9th
Ice Challenge			1st
Istanbul Cup		3rd
NRW Trophy		12th	5th
Mont Blanc	12th
National[1]
Turkish Champ.	1st
PR = Preliminary round

Single skating

International: Junior[14]
Event	2009–10
Junior Worlds	42nd
Triglav Trophy	4th