| Ercüment Olgundeniz | |
| Sport: | Discus throw |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1976 |
| Birth Place: | İzmir, Turkey |
| Height: | 198cm (78inches) |
| Weight: | 146kg (322lb) |
| Club: | Enkaspor |
| Coach: | Teodoru Agachi |
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Ercüment Olgundeniz (born July 7, 1976) is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in the discus and occasionally shot put. The 198cm (78inches) tall athlete at 146kg (322lb) is a member of Enkaspor, where he is coached by Teodoru Agachi.[1]
He took part at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. With his throw of 58.17 m, Olgundeniz ranked 28th and could not qualify for the finals. In 2005, he participated at the Mediterranean Games in Almería, and won the bronze medal with his performance of 59.16 m. He was ranked 44th in the world's best list in 2004 with his personal record of 63.49 metres (Turkish record) set on July 4, 2004, in Istanbul.
In March 2007 in Yalta he improved the record to 64.34 metres. He competed at the 2007 World Championships, but finished last and did not reach the final.
Ercüment Olgundeniz won the silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games held in Pescara, Italy.
On May 27, 2012, he improved his national record from 66.89 m set in 2011 to 67.50 m at the European Champion Clubs Cup held in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal winning the silver medal.[2]
He qualified for participation in the discus throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but did not reach the final.[3]
At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey, he became silver medalist in the discus event.
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Turkish Championships | Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 57.30 m |
| 1997 | Turkish Championships | Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 56.98 m |
| European U23 Championships | Turku, Finland | 13th (q) | Discus | 51.80 m | ||
| 1998 | Balkan Athletics Championship | bgcolor=cc996 | 3rd | Discus throw | ||
| Turkish Championships | Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 57.37 m | |
| European Cup C Final | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 55.36 m | ||
| 1999 | Turkish Championships | Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 16.81 m |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 56.21 m | |||
| 2000 | European Cup C Final | Slovakia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 57.23m |
| Turkish Championships | Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 56.21 m | |
| 2001 | Turkish Championships | Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 57.51 m |
| Balkan Athletics Championships | Greece | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus throw | ||
| Turkey | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | Discus throw | |||
| Turkish Championships | Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 17.31 m | |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 58.47 m | |||
| 2002 | Fajer Athletics Games | Iran | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus throw | |
| 2003 | European Cup C Final | Istanbul, Turkey | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | Discus throw | |
| Balkan Athletics Championships i | Greece | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | Discus throw | ||
| Qualifications for the 2004 Olympics | Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | ||
| 2004 | Turkish Championships | Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 61.35 m |
| European Cup C Final | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 59.60 m | ||
| Balkan Athletics Championship | Istanbul, Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 63.49 m NR | |
| 2005 | European Winter Throwing Cup | Mersin, Turkey | 6th | Discus throw | 59.21 m | |
| 2011 | Sofia, Bulgaria | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 63.31 m | |
| 2012 | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus throw | 67.50 m NR | |
| 2013 | Mersin, Turkey | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus throw | 61.46 m | |
| Gateshead, United Kingdom | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | Discus throw | 61.32 m | ||