İSMAIL ASLAN
PROFİLE
• Name: İsmail
• Nickname: ASLAN
• Date of Birth: 07.03.1981
• Height: 180
• Weight: 77
• Hometown: Mersin
• Lives and trains in: İstanbul
• Coach: Cüneyt Öztürk
• Club: Enkaspor
• Profession: Teacher of Physical Education
• Management: Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu
BIOGRAPHY
• He started sport when he was 25. After starting the
university first he was playing basketball but he couldn’t
continue. Then he started athleticism thanks to my trainer. It
was completely by chance. Then he found that it is an
enjoyable sport so he wanted to go on and he became a
national sportsman in his second year. And he is still a
national athlete. He has been doing this sport since 2001.
BIOGRAPHY
• He ran for many clubs. He started running in Turkish Championship.
He has won the championship about every year since he started.
And he also has become the champion in Balkan Championship. He
also has silver and bronze medals in these championships. Lastly, he
won bronze medal in Mediterranean games. He has many medals in
100 meters. He also has many degrees in 200 meters. And he has
bronze medal in 4x100.
• Now he is an athlete of Enkaspor and his coach is Cüneyt Öztürk.
QUESTIONS
1- When did you start doing sport and why?
I started athleticism in 2001. While at university, my
teachers were aware of my potential. Then they
suggested me to do this sport and I started.
2- How important is sport in your life?
My life is totally based on sports.
3- What physical benefits have you got from sport?
I have had a physically healthy body. Then thanks to this, you
become a healthy person mentally. It helps you to have healthy
body parts. So it prevents early aging. These are the main positive
effects of the sport.
4- How do you think individual sports may improve self-esteem and build self-confidence?
Individual sports mean you are responsible for yourself. Only you determine both success and
failure. If you become successful, it makes you feel self confident. That feeling is quite
different from those of team sports. In team sports, success is shared among the players. But in
individual sports it is not shared by anybody else so it gives a different pleasure.
5- Has sport helped you to have friends and improve your social life?
Being successful in a sport gives oneself self-esteem and self confident. It also makes the
society more respectful against you. In this way, the people around you want to communicate
with you and when you attend international games, more people begin to know you. They
want to contact with you and they want to be friends with you. By this way, sports have a
great chance to make good relationships and friendships.
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MADE BY
KEREM DEMIR