Alperen Acet

Alperen Acet
Personal information
Born (1998-04-02) 2 April 1998 (age 26)
Nazilli, Aydın, Turkey
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
ClubFenerbahçe Athletics
Medal record
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples High jump

Alperen Acet (born 2 April 1998) is a Turkish athlete specialising in the high jump.[2] He finished fifth at the 2018 European Championships.

Career

His personal bests in the event are 2.30 metres outdoors (Cluj-Napoca 2018 – current national record) and 2.16 metres indoors (Belgrade 2017). He won the silver medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy jumping 2.24 m.[3]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Turkey
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 21st (q) 2.00 m
Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China 9th (q) 2.07 m
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 4th 2.14 m
2016 Mediterranean U23 Championships Tunis, Tunisia 3rd 2.08 m
World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 12th 2.14 m
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 5th 2.19 m
European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 4th 2.22 m
2018 Mediterranean U23 Championships Jesolo, Italy 3rd 2.16 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 5th 2.24 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 12th (q) 2.21 m
Universiade Naples, Italy 2nd 2.24 m[3]
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 9th 2.11 m
2022 Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 9th 2.13 m
2023 World University Games Chengdu, China 9th 2.15 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 23rd (q) 2.22 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 10th 2.22 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 22nd (q) 2.20 m

References

  1. ^ "2018 Mediterranean Games bio". Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. ^ Alperen Acet at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Alperen acet, üniversite yaz oyunları'nda türkiye'nin ilk madalyasını alsı Denizlili sporcu yüksek ..." Habertürk (in Turkish). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.