Bilal Akgül Explained

Bilal Akgül
Birth Date:	13 October 1982
Height:	1.67m (05.48feet)
Weight:	59kg (130lb)
Currentteam:	Brisaspor, Kocaeli
Discipline:	Road and mountain biking
Role:	Rider

Bilal Akgül (born 13 October 1982 in Adana) is a Turkish professional road cyclist and mountain biker riding for team Brisaspor.^[1] He is the first ever Turkish Olympian cyclist participating at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

He became 2005 Turkish mountain biking champion in cross-country at Ankara. The next year, he won the national champion title in marathon mountain bike race at Çanakkale and the road race. In the 2007 season, Akgül became national mountain biking champion in cross-country and in marathon. He took part at the cross-country event of 2008 Summer Olympics without having finished.^[4]

Major results

Source

2005

1st, Kırıkkale MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kırıkkale

2nd, Kos Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kos

1st, Bolu Festival MTB, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bolu

1st, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli

1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ankara

1st, Bursa MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bursa

1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir

1st, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye

1st, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova

2006

1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana

3rd, Manavgat, Mountainbike-Marathon, Antalya

1st, Gallipoli MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Çanakkale

2nd, Istanbul Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul

1st, National Championship, Road, Elite

2nd, Konya MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Konya

3rd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (a), Göreme

2nd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (c), Ürgüp

3rd, Balkan Championship XC, Mountainbike, Kartepe, Kocaeli

2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova

1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale

2007

1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana

3rd, Büyükada Cup XCO, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul

1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Gaziantep

1st, Polonez Adampol Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul

1st, Ankara MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Ankara

1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ürgüp

3rd, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli

1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir

2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova

2nd, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye

1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale

2008

3rd, Stage 1 Tacettin Özsavaş Cup TTT

35th, Olympic Games, Mountainbike, Beijing

2010

5th, National Championship, Road, Elite, Bolu

2011

1st, Salcano Turkish Mountainbike Championship, Istanbul/Arnavutköy^[1]

2012

3rd, Finike/Antalya, Mountainbike

1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike

1st, Tuzla, Mountainbike

1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike (b)

1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite

Notes and References

News: Salcano Türkiye Şampiyonu Bilal Akgül . Bisiklet Haber . 2011-07-18 . Turkish . 2013-05-02 .
Web site: Bilal Akgul . Cycling Stats . 2013-05-02 .
Web site: Bilal Akgül Sporcu Bilgileri . Euro Sport . Turkish . 2013-05-02 .
Web site: Bilal Akgül . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091936/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/bilal-akgul-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . Sports Reference/Olympic Sports . 2013-05-02 .