Fatih Avan
Introduction '''Fatih Avan''' (born 1 January 1989) is a male Turkish javelin thrower. The   tall athlete at  is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics team, where he is coached by Metin Altıntaş.
Career Avan participated at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy and won the gold medal with a personal best throw of 79.78 m. At the 9th European Winter Throwing Cup held on 14 March 2009 in Los Realejos on Tenerife, Spain, he ranked third throwing the javelin 74.82 m.Avan is broke the Turkish record with a mark of 77.15 m in June 2009 in Bursa. He represented Turkey at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but did not make it past the qualifying round.In 2011 he improved his Turkish record to 81.16 m, clearing the eighty-metre mark for the first time, and the performance brought him the under-23 gold at the 2011 European Cup Winter Throwing.In 2011 he improved his Turkish record to 84.11 m, and won silver medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.He set a new national record with 85.60 m at the Turkish Super League held on 20 May 2012 in Izmir. The former record belonged also him with 84.79 m. Avan was qualified before to participate at the 2012 Summer Olympics.He won the silver medal at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.
Achievements Representing 200916th Mediterranean GamesPescara, Italy 1st79.78 m25th Summer UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia11th73.31 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania7th75.50 m12th World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany19th (q)78.12 m20118th European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic 2nd84.11 m '''NR'''11th European Cup Winter Throwing U-23Sofia, Bulgaria 1st80.19 m26th Summer UniversiadeShenzhen, China 1st83.79 m13th World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea5th83.34 m201317th Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 1st83.84 m27th Summer UniversiadeKazan, Russia3rd81.24 m14th World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia13th (q)80.09 m3rd Islamic Solidarity GamesPalembang, Indonesia 2nd78.15 m
Seasonal bests by year *2008 – 71.73*2009 – 79.78*2010 – 79.13*2011 – 84.79*2012 – '''85.60'''*2013 – 84.58*2014 – 83.05*2015 – 81.45
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