Halil Akkaş | |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1983 |
Birth Place: | Kütahya, Turkey |
Height: | 175 cm[1] |
Weight: | 58 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Steeplechase, 1500–10,000 m |
Club: | Fenerbahçe Athletics[2] [3] |
Alma Mater: | Dumlupınar University[4] |
Pb: | 1500 m – 3:39.48 (2007) 3000 m – 7:49.23 (2009) 3000 mS – 8:18.43 (2007) 1500 m – 3:39.48 (2007) 5000 m – 13:46.53 (2006) 10,000 m – 28:31.82 (2013) |
Halil Akkaş (born 1 July 1983) is a Turkish middle-distance runner who won the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2005 World Student Games. He finished fourth in the 5000 m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. At the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships he competed in 3000 m and finished fourth. He also finished fourth in the 1500 m final at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow and sixth in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka.