Berk Akalın

Turkish ice dancer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroTurkish ice dancer
PlacesTurkey
isFigure skater
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth20 January 1995, Bursa
Age29 years
The details

Biography

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.

Programs

With Demirsal

SeasonShort danceFree dance
2013–2014
  • Quickstep: When You Smile
    by Salter McDonald
  • Charleston: Kiss
    by Max Raabe
  • Russian folk medley
2012–2013
  • 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
  • Flight of the Bumble Bee
2010–2011
  • Desperado

Single skating

SeasonShort programFree skating
2009–2010
  • The Rock
    by Hans Zimmer
  • The Survivor
    by Russ Landau

Competitive highlights

Ice dancing with Demirsal

International
Event2010–112011–122012–132013–142014–15
Junior Worlds16th PR18th14th17th
Ondrej Nepela Trophy8th
JGP Germany5th
JGP Latvia16th
JGP Turkey9th
Ice Challenge1st J.
Istanbul Cup3rd J.
NRW Trophy12th J.5th J.
Mont Blanc12th J.
National
Turkish1st
JGP = Junior Grand Prix
J. = Junior level; PR = Preliminary round

Single skating

International
Event2009–10
World Junior Championships42nd
Triglav Trophy4th J.
J. = Junior level

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