Yusuf Dekic claimed the gold medal on the ESC European Champions League and proved his relaxed fashion of capturing is a power to be reckoned with.
The 52-year-old shot to fame in the summertime of final 12 months together with his efficiency on the in Paris as, wearing a white T-shirt and glasses, he received a silver medal within the 10m air pistol combined group occasion alongside Sevval Llayda Tarhan.
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That was the primary ever medal received in capturing for his residence nation of Turkey and the virtually nonchalant means Dekic went about his enterprise, together with his non-shooting hand resting in his pocket, created a buzz on social media.
Yusuf Dekic received the gold medal within the European Champions League after changing into a viral sensation throughout Paris 2024 (REUTERS)
Dekic’s lack {of professional} gear was additionally eye-catching at such a high-performance occasion just like the Olympics and his fashion has seen him excel within the sport.
Alongside a unique teammate, Mustafa Inan, Dekic received the gold on the European Champions League in Istanbul, defeating Germany within the ultimate by hanging the identical pose he had used within the Olympics.
“Representing my nation in entrance of a house crowd, with the event held in Istanbul for the primary time, is a superb honour. Successful gold right here makes me very glad,” Dikec instructed Turkiye At present following his victory.
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The Turkish shooter made his Olympic debut in Beijing 2008 on the age of 35 and has featured at each Olympics since then together with London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
Dekic grew to become Turkey’s oldest medal winner together with his silver in Paris (REUTERS)
In London he completed thirteenth within the males’s 50m free pistol occasion and was repeatedly exterior the top-10 till his medal efficiency in Paris final 12 months.
That outcome earned Dikec a spot in historical past by changing into Turkiye’s oldest Olympic medallist aged 51 years and 212 days outdated.
He’s a a number of nationwide champion and now an eight-time European champion. Dekic has additionally received two World Championship titles, each in 2014, the place he was victorious within the males’s 25m centerfire pistol and the lads’s 25m normal pistol occasions.