Tunç Üçyıldız

Tunç Üçyıldız, born in Ankara on 22 April 1978, is a Turkish surfer who won the first national surfing title in the history of Turkey in October 2012. He is known less for contest results than for building the sport in his country from nothing. With the help of friends and associates he worked with the International Surfing Association until it officially declared Turkey its 72nd member nation. In May 2013 he and Onat Ersoy became the first Turkish surfers to represent Turkey at the ISA World Surfing Games, the event in which national teams compete. His entry therefore records a pioneer of Turkish competitive surfing rather than a long list of titles.