Sabahattin Oğlago

Sabahattin Oğlago is a Turkish cross-country ski runner born on June 25, 1984 in Muş. He represented Türkiye in four Winter Olympics, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, and became one of the Turkish athletes who participated the most in the Winter Olympics.

Olympics

He participated in the Olympics for the first time in 2002 in Salt Lake City. He finished the sprint race in 60th place, and was disqualified in the 30 km freestyle mass start race. He entered five separate races in Turin in 2006; He achieved the best Olympic ranking of his career by placing 22nd in the team sprint. He finished 77th in the 15 km race in Vancouver in 2010. He was in the Olympic team for the fourth time in Sochi in 2014.

Other races

He received the bronze medal by placing third in the 10 km freestyle at the Balkan Cup held in Borovets, Bulgaria on January 12, 2008. He carried the Turkish flag at the opening ceremony of the World Universiade Winter Games held in Erzurum in 2011; He finished fourth in the individual sprint race at the same games.

Oğlago is among the cross-country ski runners who were in the national team for many years during the period when winter sports began to become widespread in Türkiye.