Yusuf Dikeç

Yusuf Dikeç is a Turkish sport shooter who competes in the pistol events and is a multi-time world and European champion, born on 1 January 1973. ¹ He is a retired non-commissioned officer of the Turkish Gendarmerie and a member of the Jandarma Gücü sports club. ¹

Dikeç was born in 1973 in Taşoluk village of Göksun district in Kahramanmaraş Province, and completed his secondary education in Göksun. ¹ In 1994 he enrolled at the Military School of Gendarmerie in Ankara, later served a year in Istanbul, and was then appointed to Jandarma Gücü in Ankara. ¹ He began sport shooting in 2001 and has since competed on the military national team as well as the national team. ¹

In 2006 Dikeç set a new world record in the 25 m center-fire pistol event at the CISM Military World Championships in Rena, Norway, scoring 597 points. ¹ He competed at five Olympic Games, from Beijing 2008 to Paris 2024. ¹ At the 2013 European Shooting Championships in Osijek he became double gold medallist in the 25 m standard pistol and 25 m center-fire pistol. ¹ At the Paris 2024 Olympics he won the silver medal in the 10 m air pistol mixed team event alongside his teammate Şevval İlayda Tarhan, and became famous overnight for his casual attire combined with minimal equipment. ¹

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