Yavuz Can (born 23 February 1987) is a Turkish sprinter specialising in the 400 Metres.
Career He won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 Metres Relay at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. In addition, he competed at two outdoor and two indoor European Championships, as well as the 2012 World Indoor Championships in his native land, Turkey.
His personal bests in the 400 Metres are 45.64 seconds outdoors (Zeulenroda, 2016) and 46.87 seconds indoors (Istanbul, 2015), both performances were labelled as Turkish national record in these disciplines.
Competition record Representing 2011UniversiadeShenzhen, China10th (sf)400 m46.552012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey10th (h)4x400 m relay3:11.28European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland –400 mDQ13th (h)4x400 m relay3:11.442013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden9th (sf)400 m47.26Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkey6th400 m46.702nd4x400 m relay3:05.28UniversiadeKazan, Russia10th (sf)400 m46.653rd4x400 m relay3:06.362014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland32nd (h)400 m46.9012th (h)4x400 m relay3:07.682015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic13th (sf)400 m47.812016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States8th (sf)400 m46.82European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands7th (sf)400 m45.519th (h)4x400 m relay3:04.652017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan5th (sf)400 m46.641st4 × 400 m relay3:06.83World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom16th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:15.452018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain5th400 m46.374th4 × 400 m relay3:05.28European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany20th (h)400 m46.5813th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:07.832019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom14th (h)400 m47.632021World RelaysChorzów, Poland12th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:06.05
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