| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ali Enver Adakan |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Born | 19 July 1977 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Dinghy |
| Club | İstanbul Yelken Kulübü |
Ali Enver Adakan (born 19 July 1977) is a retired Turkish dinghy sailor, who specialized in Finn class.[1] He represented Turkey in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has been training for the Istanbul Sailing Club (Turkish: İstanbul Yelken Kulübü) during his sporting career.
Adakan made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he delivered an effortless eighth-place effort in the Finn class with a remarkable grade of 66, finishing off the podium by 19 points.[2][3]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Adakan qualified for his second Turkish team in the men's Finn class by finishing eleventh and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Cadiz, Spain.[4] After achieving a top ten finish in sailing from Sydney, Adakan was appointed by the National Olympic Committee of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi, TMOK) to carry the nation's flag in the opening ceremony.[5][6][7] He mounted a second highest placement on the first leg of the series, but came up short for the podium with a sixteenth-place finish on 124 points.[8]
When he officially retired from sailing in 2005, Adakan was appointed as the vice president of sailing for the International Finn Class Association.[9]
