Kemal_Muslubaş
Kemal Muslubaş (born 30 December 1977 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish sailor, who specialized in the Laser class.[1] Muslubas represented his nation Turkey in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), became a two-time national champion in the Laser class at the Turkish Championships, and also earned a silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade in his native Istanbul.[2]
Muslubas started his sporting career with his brother Akif Muslubas as members of the sailing team for Fenerbahçe Sport Club in 1988, and then transferred to Istanbul Yachting Club (Turkish: İstanbul Yelken Kulübüne) twelve years later.[3]
Muslubas made his Olympic debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed thirty-third in the Laser regatta with a net grade of 256, despite a yachting malfunction in the last race that saw him tumble down the leaderboard.[4][5]
When his native Istanbul hosted the 2005 Summer Universiade, Muslubas boasted his first international success with a silver medal in the Laser class.[2][6] On that same year, he recorded his first ever triumph in an ISAF Graded event and then repeated it in 2006.[5]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Muslubas qualified for his second Turkish squad in the Laser class, by having secured a berth and placing thirteenth from the 2007 ISAF World Championships in Cascais, Portugal.[7] He boosted his confidence from a poor Olympic feat in Athens to achieve an eighteenth-place finish with 146 net points in a fleet of forty-three sailors, but failed to advance further into the medal race.[8][9]
