Ahmet Örken
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 12, 1993 Çumra, Konya Province, Turkey |
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Torku Şekerspor |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2012– | Konya–Torku Şekerspor |
Ahmet Örken (born March 12, 1993) is a Turkish professional cyclist riding for UCI Continental team Torku Şekerspor in Konya. He is 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall at 77 kg (170 lb).
Born in Çumra, Konya Province, Örken began with cycling sport at the age of fourteen in 2007 at Çumra, Konya Province, where he moved from his village with his mother to enable his older brother's education there. The next year, he entered the cycling team at Çatalhöyük Çumra Municipality Sports Club with the help of his brother.
He became the first ever European cycling champion from Turkey with his win at the 2011 European Track Championships in the junior omnium held in Portugal.
In 2013, Ahmet Örken won the sixth stage of the Tour du Maroc, between Meknes and Khenifra, despite injuries he suffered during a fall in a mass crash after 20 kilometres (12 miles). He finished third in stage eight, between Beni Mellal and Marrakesh. Örken won the fourth (Kladovo to Požarevac) and sixth (Sremska Mitrovica to Belgrade) stages of the Tour de Serbie in 2013.
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