Fatih Avan

Fatih Avan (born 1 January 1989) is a male Turkish javelin thrower. The 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) tall athlete at 90 kg (200 lb) is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics team, where he is coached by Metin Altıntaş.^[1][2][3]

Fatih Avan

Personal information
Nationality	Turkey
Born	(1989-01-01) 1 January 1989 (age 36) Andırın, Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Javelin throw
Club	Fenerbahçe Athletics
Coached by	Metin Altıntaş
Achievements and titles
Personal best	85.60 m NR (2012)
Medal record Representing Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 Palembang Javelin throw Summer Universiades 2011 Shenzhen Javelin throw 2013 Kazan Javelin throw European Athletics U23 Championships 2011 Ostrava Javelin European Cup Winter Throwing 2011 Sofia U-23 Javelin Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara Javelin 2013 Mersin Javelin

Career

Avan participated in the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy and won the gold medal with a personal best throw of 79.78 m. At the 9th European Winter Throwing Cup held on 14 March 2009 in Los Realejos on Tenerife, Spain, he ranked third throwing the javelin 74.82 m.

Avan is broke the Turkish record with a mark of 77.15 m in June 2009 in Bursa.^[4] He represented Turkey at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but did not make it past the qualifying round.

In 2011 he improved his Turkish record to 81.16 m, clearing the eighty-metre mark for the first time, and the performance brought him the under-23 gold at the 2011 European Cup Winter Throwing.^[5]

In 2011 he improved his Turkish record to 84.11 m, and won silver medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

He set a new national record with 85.60 m at the Turkish Super League held on 20 May 2012 in İzmir. The former record belonged also him with 84.79 m. Avan was qualified before to participate at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[6]

He won the silver medal at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.^[7]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Turkey
2009	16th Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	1st	79.78 m
	25th Summer Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	11th	73.31 m
	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	7th	75.50 m
	12th World Championships	Berlin, Germany	19th (q)	78.12 m
2011	8th European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	2nd	84.11 m NR
	11th European Cup Winter Throwing U-23	Sofia, Bulgaria	1st	80.19 m
	26th Summer Universiade	Shenzhen, China	1st	83.79 m
	13th World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	5th	83.34 m
2013	17th Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	1st	83.84 m
	27th Summer Universiade	Kazan, Russia	3rd	81.24 m
	14th World Championships	Moscow, Russia	13th (q)	80.09 m
	3rd Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	2nd	78.15 m

Seasonal bests by year

• 2008 – 71.73
• 2009 – 79.78
• 2010 – 79.13
• 2011 – 84.79
• 2012 – 85.60
• 2013 – 84.58
• 2014 – 83.05
• 2015 – 81.45