Fatih Buzgan

Fatih Buzgan (born 1982 in Bornova, ) is a Turkish endurance athlete. He holds the Turkey's unofficial
day/distance record by mountain bike. The total distance in this record was 350 km in one day.
The bike setup was not eligible for breaking a record.(steel bead knobby wide tires, platform pedals,
heavy bike etc)
Personal Information
Date of birth May 27, 1982
Place of birth Bornova, Ä°zmir
Height 1.82 metres (5 ft 19 in)
Weight 74 kilograms
Sport
Country Turkey
Event(s) Half Marathon, Marathon, Ultramarathon
Club Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Athletics Sports Club
Achievements and titles
Half Marathon
Marathon:
Past
He started sportslife by Taekwondo for 6 months when he was in primary school.
Then introduced with swimming. Got private lessons from swimming instructors for 6 months.
After his first swimming competition, started running in Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Athletics Sports Club.
By his trainer Orhan Buker (who won USA Gasparilla race in 2000 and died in 2002), Buzgan improved himself in
running in a short time.
He participated in many different running competitions during his high school years
and got medals until he went to college in Istanbul.
Since he moved to another city, he had to quit his team and there his cycling life started.
Professional
By the time passed, he improved himself in cycling and started his Istanbul-Izmir 500k rides.
He did all his long rides with a mountain bike, and also broke his country's day/distance record
(unofficial) by his amateur mountain bike which was 350 km in one single day.
Then started to compete in both national and international
mountain bike (XC) races and placed in the first 10 of his country while training a female cyclist.
His bike setup in his first day/distance record
Trek 4300 Aluminium frame, 19.5"
Hi rise stem
26 x 1.95 Steel Bead Knobby Tires
After quitting mountain bike races, he turned back to running and still competes in distance running races.
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