Bilal Akgül
Bilal Akgül (born 13 October 1982 in Adana) is a Turkish professional road cyclist and mountain biker riding for team Brisaspor. He is the first ever Turkish Olympian cyclist participating at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He became 2005 Turkish mountain biking champion in cross-country at Ankara. The next year, he won the national champion title in marathon mountain bike race at Çanakkale and the road race. In the 2007 season, Akgül became national mountain biking champion in cross-country and in marathon. He took part at the cross-country event of 2008 Summer Olympics without having finished. Major results Source 2005 1st, Kırıkkale MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kırıkkale 2nd, Kos Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kos 1st, Bolu Festival MTB, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bolu 1st, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ankara 1st, Bursa MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bursa 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir 1st, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye 1st, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova 2006 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana 3rd, Manavgat, Mountainbike-Marathon, Antalya 1st, Gallipoli MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Çanakkale 2nd, Istanbul Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul 1st, National Championship, Road, Elite 2nd, Konya MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Konya 3rd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (a), Göreme 2nd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (c), Ürgüp 3rd, Balkan Championship XC, Mountainbike, Kartepe, Kocaeli 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale 2007 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana 3rd, Büyükada Cup XCO, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Gaziantep 1st, Polonez Adampol Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul 1st, Ankara MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Ankara 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ürgüp 3rd, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova 2nd, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale 2008 3rd, Stage 1 Tacettin Özsavaş Cup TTT 35th, Olympic Games, Mountainbike, Beijing 2010 5th, National Championship, Road, Elite, Bolu 2011 1st, Salcano Turkish Mountainbike Championship, Istanbul/Arnavutköy 2012 3rd, Finike/Antalya, Mountainbike 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike 1st, Tuzla, Mountainbike 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike (b) 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite References 1982 births Sportspeople from Adana Living people Turkish male cyclists Turkish mountain bikers Cross-country mountain bikers Marathon mountain bikers Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Turkey 21st-century Turkish people