Ahmet Yumrukaya, born 1984 in İstanbul, Turkey

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, is a Turkish rower competing in the lightweight coxless pair category.

He is one of the first two Turkish rowers to win a world championship title in history. Yumrukaya and his teammate İhsan Emre Vural

Ihsan Emre Vural

Emre Vural is a Turkish national rower. He started his rowing career at the beginning of his high-school years at Robert College of Istanbul and competed in the lightweight coxless pair category...

 took first place in the lightweight men's coxless pair event in the 2004 Under 23 World Championships held in Poznań

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, Poland

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He participated in the 2005 Mediterranean Games

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 in Almería

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, Spain

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and won bronze medal with his teammate İhsan Emre Vural.