Berk Akalın

Berk Akalın
Demirsal and Akalın in 2012
Personal information
Country represented	Turkey
Born	January 20, 1995 Bursa, Turkey
Home town	Bursa, Turkey
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Partner	Çağla Demirsal
Coach	Oleg Voiko
Former coach	Natalia Dubova
Choreographer	Natalia Dubova, Oleg Voiko, Inessa Kondrashova
Skating club	Bursa Tek Paten SC
Training locations	Stamford, Connecticut
Began skating	2002
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	114.05 2013 World Junior
Short dance	49.64 ISU JGP Pokal d. Blauen Schwerter 2012
Free dance	67.02 2013 World Junior

Berk Akalın (born January 20, 1995) is a Turkish ice dancer. With partner Çağla Demirsal, he is the 2011 Turkish national champion and placed 14th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.^[1]

Programs

With Demirsal

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2013–2014 [2]	Quickstep: When You Smile by Salter McDonald Charleston: Kiss by Max Raabe	Russian folk medley
2012–2013 [3]	Blues: Why Don't You Do Right Hip Hop: Family Affair by DJ Fede	Still Alive Piano Concerto No. 23 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (modern arrangement) Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Still Alive Piano Concerto No. 23 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (modern arrangement)
2011–2012 [4]		Flight of the Bumble Bee
2010–2011 [5]		Desperado

Single skating

Season	Short program	Free skating
2009–2010 [6]	The Rock by Hans Zimmer	The Survivor by Russ Landau

Competitive highlights

Ice dancing with Demirsal

International[1]
Event	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15
Junior Worlds	16th PR	18th	14th	17th
Ondrej Nepela Trophy					8th
JGP Germany			5th
JGP Latvia		16th
JGP Turkey			9th
Ice Challenge			1st J.
Istanbul Cup		3rd J.
NRW Trophy		12th J.	5th J.
Mont Blanc	12th J.
National[1]
Turkish	1st
JGP = Junior Grand Prix J. = Junior level; PR = Preliminary round

Single skating

International[7]
Event	2009–10
World Junior Championships	42nd
Triglav Trophy	4th J.
J. = Junior level

References

1. "Competition Results: Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN". International Skating Union.
2. "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014.
3. "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013.
4. "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012.
5. "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
6. "Berk AKALIN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010.
7. "Competition Results: Berk AKALIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 29, 2013.

External links

• Cagla Demirsal / Berk Akalin at the International Skating Union
• Berk Akalin at the International Skating Union