Aycan Önel

Aycan Önel
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1933-04-17) 17 April 1933 (age 91)
SpouseCahit Önel[1]
Sport
SportSprinting
Event100 metres

Aycan Önel (born 17 April 1933) is a Turkish sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2]

She competed at the 1957 AAA Championships, along with Gul Ciray being the first Turkish woman ever to compete in the United Kingdom.[3]

Önel is the wife of Cahit Önel, another Turkish athletics Olympian at the 1960 and 1964 Games.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Aycan Onel". Athletics Podium.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aycan Önel Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. ^ "UNUSUAL TURKISH DOUBLE". Evening Standard. 5 July 1957. p. 18. Retrieved 27 December 2023.


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