Başar Oktar

Başar Oktar (born May 19, 2002) is a Turkish figure skater. He is the 2017 Denkova-Staviski Cup silver medalist on the senior level.

Başar Oktar
Basar in Zagreb JGP at 2017
Personal information
Country representedTurkey
Born (2002-05-19) May 19, 2002
Antalya, Turkey
Home townIstanbul
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
CoachManuela Silvia Cristudor
ChoreographerDaniil Gleichengauz, Sergey Rozanov
Former choreographerEmanuel Sandhu, Benoît Richaud
Skating clubB.B.S.K
Training locationsIstanbul
Began skating2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total182.91
2019 Junior Worlds
Short program66.74
2019 JGP Croatia Cup
Free skate120.09
2019 Junior Worlds

Career

Early career

Oktar began learning to skate in 2008 at a mall.[1][2] After winning his first junior national title, he was selected to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. His short program placement, 31st, was not enough to qualify to the free skate.

2016–2017 season

Oktar debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in August 2016 in France. He placed 18th at the French event and later 14th in Estonia. In February 2017, he finished fourth at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Erzurum, Turkey. A month later, he placed 26th in the short program at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.

2017–2018 season

In September, Oktar competed at two 2017 JGP events, finishing fourth in Austria and sixth in Croatia. His senior international debut came in November at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in Bulgaria. He won the silver medal behind Kevin Aymoz from France. He finished 2017-18 season at 51st in the world ranking.

2018–2019 season

Basar opened his season on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 13th in Canada and 11th in Slovenia. In December he received bronze medals at Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul behind Morisi Kvitelashvili and Ivan Shmuratko.

In March, Basar qualified to the final segment at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Basar was the first male skater that qualified for free program in Junior World. He ranked 19th in the short program, 16th in the free skate, and 19st overall.

2019–2020 season

Basar changed his coach just before the season and move to Ankara. He joined Riga and Zagreb JGP's and finished 10th for both. He won the silver medal at Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul. He earned 209.54 points which is national record for the total points. In March, Basar qualified to the final segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia and finished the competition in 19th like last year.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2019-2020
2018–2019
2017–2018
[3]
2016–2017
[1]
2015–2016
[4]
2014–2015
2013–2014

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[5]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Bosphorus Cup3rd3rd2nd
Cup of Tyrol11th
Denkova-Staviski2nd
Dragon Trophy5th
Skate Viktoria5th
International: Junior[5]
Junior Worlds31st26th25th19th19th
JGP Canada13th
JGP Slovenia11th
JGP Austria4th
JGP Croatia6th10th
JGP Estonia14th
JGP France18th
JGP Latvia10th
EYOF4th
Halloween Cup1st
Cup Of Nice3rd
Dragon Trophy2nd
Denkova-Staviski3rd2nd
Gardena4th
NRW Trophy16th
Santa Claus Cup6th4th
Sarajevo Open1st
Skate Celje3rd
Skate Helena1stWD
Sofia Trophy1st1st
International: Advanced novice[6]
Bavarian Open4th
Denkova-Staviski3rd1st
Rooster Cup3rd
National[7]
Turkish Champ.1st N1st N1st J1st J1st J1st J1st J
Levels: N = Novice, J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
gollark: Never changing back though.
gollark: I think we should have some sort of rolling TJ09 thing - one person is TJ09 for the day.
gollark: The description - and everyone else - says them, but that doesn't make them true!
gollark: Indeed.
gollark: No. The current way is best and all change is bad.

References
  1. "Basar OKTAR: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. "Turkish figure skaters aim [for] medals". EYOF 2017. February 8, 2017. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017.
  3. "Basar OKTAR: 2017/2018". International Skating Union.
  4. "Basar OKTAR: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  5. "Competition Results: Basar OKTAR". International Skating Union.
  6. "Basar OKTAR". rinkresults.com.
  7. "Buzpateni". Turkish Ice Skating Federation.

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