Levent Özgen
One of Türkiye’s first sailing coaches
Levent Özgen was born in Istanbul in 1952. He met sailing young, through his father. Over the years he raced as a helmsman on different boats and in different classes; he was among Türkiye’s first sailing coaches and served for a time as national team coach.
He did his primary and secondary schooling at Galatasaray Lisesi and graduated from the Mechanical Engineering department at Yıldız Teknik University. In his professional life he worked as a mechanical engineer and manager.
In 2009 he founded Hedef Yelken together with Yiğit Eroğlu. According to the school he still teaches today and continues to helm in yacht races.
Quick profile
- Born
- 1952 · Istanbul
- Role
- Co-founder · Coach · Helmsman
- Organisation
- Hedef Yelken (2009)
- City
- Istanbul · Maltepe
- Base
- Küçükyalı
- School
- Galatasaray High School
- University
- Yıldız Teknik University · Mechanical Engineering
- Former role
- National team coach
- Website
- hedefyelken.com
What he did and where
Helming
He has raced many times as skipper and helmsman on different boats and in different classes.
National team
As one of Türkiye’s first sailing coaches he served for a time as national team coach.
Hedef Yelken
He founded the school together with Yiğit Eroğlu. It started with a staff of five and four boats.
Training and racing
He still teaches at the school and helms in yacht races.
The school he founded
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