Başar Oktar

Başar Oktar
Oktar at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Born	(2002-05-19) May 19, 2002 (age 22) Antalya, Turkey
Hometown	Ankara, Turkey
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Turkey
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Manuela Silvia Cristudor
Skating club	Kuzeyin Yıldızları
Began skating	2008
Medal record
Turkish Championships 2021 Ankara Singles 2022 Samsun Singles

Başar Oktar (born May 19, 2002) is a Turkish figure skater. He is the 2017 Denkova-Staviski Cup silver medalist on the senior level.

Career

Early career

Oktar began learning to skate in 2008 at a mall.^[1][2] After winning his first junior national title, he was selected to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. His short program placement, 31st, was not enough to qualify to the free skate.

2016–2017 season

Oktar debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in August 2016 in France. He placed 18th at the French event and later 14th in Estonia. In February 2017, he finished fourth at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Erzurum, Turkey. A month later, he placed 26th in the short program at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.

2017–2018 season

In September, Oktar competed at two 2017 JGP events, finishing fourth in Austria and sixth in Croatia. His senior international debut came in November at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in Bulgaria. He won the silver medal behind Kevin Aymoz from France. He finished the 2017-18 season at 51st in the world ranking.

2018–2019 season

Oktar opened his season on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 13th in Canada and 11th in Slovenia. In December, he received bronze medals at Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul behind Morisi Kvitelashvili and Ivan Shmuratko.

In March, Oktar qualified to the final segment at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. He was the first male skater that qualified for the free program. He ranked 19th in the short program, 16th in the free skate, and 19st overall.

2019–2020 season

Oktar changed his coach before the season and moved to Ankara. He finished tenth at Junior Grand Prix events in both Riga and Zagreb. He won the silver medal at Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul, earning a national record of 209.54 points. In March, Oktar qualified to the final segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, and again finished the competition in 19th.

2020–2021 season

In October, after the COVID-19 pandemic required a lockdown for all sports activities, Oktar made his senior national debut at Ataturk Cup in Kocaeli and won the gold medal. Competing at the 2021 Turkish Championships, he took the silver medal. He competed in his first ISU Challenger Series event, the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, where he placed fourth. He also placed fifth at the 2021 Challenge Cup in the Netherlands, setting a national record of 217.05 points in total. Oktar was selected to compete for the Turkish Figure Skating Federation at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, where he placed twenty-eighth.^[3]

2021–2022 season

Oktar was the designated Turkish qualifying entry at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to try to secure a berth for the 2022 Winter Olympics. He finished in tenth position, 0.06 points behind fellow Turkish skater Burak Demirboğa and making Turkey the first alternate for the Olympic Games. He went on to place twentieth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria.^[4]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2021–2022	Time Lapse by Michael Nyman	Notre Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante
2020–2021 [5]	Cry Me a River by Michael Bublé	Notre Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante
2019–2020 [6]	Cry Me a River by Michael Bublé	E lucevanle stelle (from Tosca) by Giacomo Puccini
2018–2019 [7]	Dream On by Aerosmith	E lucevanle stelle (from Tosca) by Giacomo Puccini
2017–2018 [8]	This Place Was A Shelter by Ólafur Arnalds	The Great Gatsby Ballet by Konstantin Meladze
2016–2017 [1]	This Place Was A Shelter by Ólafur Arnalds	Whole Lotta Love Shape of My Heart by 2Cellos
2015–2016 [9]	Ain't No Sunshine by Joe Cocker	Once Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone
2014–2015	Minnie The Moocher by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	Nyah (from Mission: Impossible 2) by Hans Zimmer
2013–2014	Minnie The Moocher by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	Nyah (from Mission: Impossible 2) by Hans Zimmer

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[4]
Event	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23	23–24	24–25
Worlds						28th
CS Budapest Trophy						4th
CS Denis Ten Memorial									12th
CS Golden Spin							22nd
CS Cup of Austria							20th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy							10th	WD
CS Nepela Memorial										11th
Bosphorus Cup			3rd	3rd	2nd				WD	WD
Challenge Cup						5th	6th
Cup of Tyrol			11th
Denkova-Staviski			2nd					2nd
Dragon Trophy				5th
Skate Victoria				5th
International: Junior[4]
Junior Worlds	31st	26th	25th	19th	19th
JGP Canada				13th
JGP Slovenia				11th
JGP Austria			4th
JGP Croatia			6th		10th
JGP Estonia		14th
JGP France		18th
JGP Latvia					10th
EYOF		4th
Halloween Cup					1st
Cup Of Nice			3rd
Dragon Trophy			2nd
Denkova-Staviski	3rd	2nd
Gardena	4th
NRW Trophy		16th
Santa Claus Cup	6th	4th
Sarajevo Open	1st
Skate Celje	3rd
Skate Helena	1st	WD
Sofia Trophy	1st				1st
National[10]
Turkish Champ.	1st J	1st J	1st J	1st J	1st J	2nd	2nd	WD	WD

Detailed results

Results in the 2024–25 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 25–27, 2024	2024 CS Nepela Memorial	7	66.36	12	99.48	11	165.84
Nov 28 – Dec 1, 2024	2024 Bosphorus Cup	5	66.91	–	–	–	WD

References

1. "Basar OKTAR: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017.
2. "Turkish figure skaters aim [for] medals". EYOF 2017. February 8, 2017. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017.
3. "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Men". International Skating Union.
4. "Competition Results: Basar OKTAR". International Skating Union.
5. "Basar OKTAR: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021.
6. "Basar OKTAR: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 10, 2020.
7. "Basar OKTAR: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019.
8. "Basar OKTAR: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017.
9. "Basar OKTAR: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
10. "Buzpateni". Turkish Ice Skating Federation.

External links

Media related to Başar Oktar at Wikimedia Commons

• Başar Oktar at the International Skating Union
• Başar Oktar at tracings.net
• Başar Oktar at rinkresults.com