 : He finished at 8th place at 2008 Sail Auckland:
ISAF grade 1 event was held between 16-19.February at Kohimarama Sailing Club. There were a lot of top sailors racing. 12 races were sailed. Ertugrul finished 8th overall.
for the results...
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: 2008 Worlds, New Zeland Racing Day 3 :
 The 3rd day of the championship, Ertuğrul had a great day with a 3rd and 9th place in race 5 and 6.
He qualified to the Gold Fleet, and now hopes to do even better in the finals .
leading the fleet 3rd position during the last race...
for the photos... |
 :2008 World Championship in NewZealand:
There are 120 men and 80 women in New Zealand for the 2008 World Champs. Ertugrul spent 40 days in NZL before although he already qualifed for the 2008 Olympic Games last year. His goal here is both to train for the Olympics, and achive a respectable result. for the live results and news...
for more photos daily...
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:: Ertuğrul is 11th at the World Rankings ::
The latest ISAF World Sailing
Rankings of 2007 was ealesed
3rd of October. Ertugrul compeleted
the year
raked 11th .
Click to see the compelete rankings. |
:: Pre-Olympic Regatta in Qingdao::
 Ertugrul traveled to Qingdao the
Olympic Sailing Site for
2008 forthe
first time this August, aiming mainly
on trying to get to now the site and
have a feel on what to expect next
year, when it will really count.
He finished 17th at the event.
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::House Cup 2007 , August-Alaçati ::
 For the 2nd time in a row Ertugrul won
The House Cup Slalom Race and the Yamaha Scooter.
The House Cup is easily and quickly becoming the biggest
big number entry ; most spectators ) Slalom event in
Turkey because of its huge prices and great organization.
There is no other event in Turkey with such prices
(2 yamaha scooters, price money, hillside city club
membership, ext. ). Cagla Kubat won the womens and the second yamaha
scooter followed by Ilknur Icingir. Following Ertugrul, young rising
star of Turkish windsurfing Enes scored 2nd followed by Bodrum`s legendary Huseyin
the Sert. |
::Ertuğrul qualified Turkey for 2008 Beijing Olympics::
ISAF World Sailing Games was the most important sailing
event for all the Olympic classes this year, not just for
being the World Championship of the year for all the classes
but also because it is the first qualifier event for the 2008 Olympics. Ertugrul had an incredibly good start to the event
as he was lying on fifth after the second day of competition. Unfortunately he dropped from 5th the next couple of days
but still scoring a considerably good result of 19th from 120 competitors. With this result he also easily qualified Turkey
as 12th country out of 25 qualified at this time, for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. |
:: Holland Regatta , finished at 4th place ::
Finishing 4th at the 2007
Holland Regatta, which is a
Grade 1 event, Ertugrul is showing consistent rise on
his form approaching the ISAF World Sailing Games.
There was a tight margin separating the top 5, but
Bimba ( Ricardo Santos ) won followed by Ho Chi Ho,
and Olympic Medalist Nick Dempsey just in front of Ertugrul. |
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| Beijing 2008 |
| ICINGIR Aims For Third Olympics With High Hope |
| Turkey’s leading windsurfer Ertugrul ICINGIR (TUR) will be going for his third Olympic Games in 2008 and with the support of the IOC Olympic Solidarity Scholarship he is
aiming to make it there in style. Since receiving Scholarship funding, ICINGIR has risen to #19 in the ISAF World Sailing Rankings and is on course to make a big splash at this
year's ISAF Sailing World Championships. |
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:: 14.Feb-19.Feb, South Americans, Brazil ::
Ertugrul finished in 9th place overall.
17.Feb:
Ertugrul is in 6th place...
2 racing days has passed by. First day races was held in very light conditions. Second day had a good breeze from north,he had very good races 8, 3 and 4 but on the shore there was a suprise that he was OCS on the last race
for the results...
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 :: 5.Jan-25.Feb, USA, Brazil ::
Ertugrul has a good start and a
good training program for 2007
with the great support of his
sponsor Danone and his sailing
club Fenerbahce.
He trained with Mike Gebhardt
and raced at North Americans
and Miami Olympic Classes Regatta.
He finished 8 at the
North Americans. He traveled to Brazil to train and race
with the top sailors. He participate in Panamericans as
a training race and finished 4th.
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::19-20.August, The House
Cafe Slalom Race::
The biggest slalom race of the
year for Turkish Windsurfer's. Ertugrul won the 1st place and
also the Yamaha Scooter. 2nd
place Huseyin's and 3rd place
Ali's.. |
 ::1-7.August,2006 IFCA/PWA Slalom Worlds,Alacati::
Against all the best slalom sailors
of the world with a respectable
13th overall finish at the 2006
World Championship, Ertugrul prooved in slalom skills.
For more information please visit http://www.surfnsound.org
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 ::7-16.June RSX Europeans, Alacati,Turkey::
Finished 10th in the Europeans,
13th in the overall.
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 : Bosphorous Cruising ::
Danone organized a Bosphorous Crusing with Jon Paul Tobin (JP)
and Ertuğrul at İstanbul. They started from Anadolu Kavağı and finished at Ortaköy. Media Boat followed them during the
"Friendship Race". It was a great expreince and fun for
everybody. (31.May.2006) : |
:: Athens Eurolymp Week 24.Feb-3.Mar::
He finished at 6th position at Athens.To see the results... |
 ::WORLD RANKING ::
First ever RS-X World Sailing Rankings were published on 9th February 2006. Ertugrul is now ranked 6th the World
Rankings. He spent 42 days in Melbourne and 28 days in
Auckland where he trained and competed. He finished 3rd at Sail Melbourne Warm-up Regatta, 5th
at Sail Melbourne and 7th at Sail Auckland Regatta. |
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