Yavuz Ağralı Explained

Yavuz Ağralı
Nationality:Turkish
Sport:Long-distance running
Event:Marathon
Club:Zeytinburnu Beştelsiz S.C.
Birth Date:9 April 1992
Birth Place:Bingöl, Turkey

Yavuz Ağralı (born 9 April 1992) is a Turkish long-distance running athlete who will compete in the marathon for Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Yavuz Ağralı was born in Bingöl, eastern Turkey on 9 April 1992. Competing in marathon, he is a member of the Zeytinburnu Beştelsiz S.C. in Istanbul.

Ağralı became runner-up at the 2014 Zagreb Half Marathon, held within the Balkan Half Marathon Championships. He won the Zagreb Marathon with 2:18:22 held within the 2017 Balkan Marathon Championships. In 2020, he took the silver medal a second time at the Zagreb Half Marathon.

On 23 February 2021, he participated at the Seville Marathon, where he passed the Olympic minimum limit. He then completed a 130-day training camp in Ethiopia, and went to his hometown Bingöl after his return to Turkey. The Turkish Athletic Federation selected him for participation at the 2020 Summer Olympics.