Yavuz Can (born 23 February 1987) is a Turkish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres .[ 1] 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 Turkey .
Yavuz Can in 2019
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.
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Turkey
2011
Universiade
Shenzhen, China
10th (sf)
400 m
46.55
2012
World Indoor Championships
Istanbul, Turkey
10th (h)
4x400 m relay
3:11.28
European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
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400 m
DQ
13th (h)
4x400 m relay
3:11.44
2013
European Indoor Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
9th (sf)
400 m
47.26
Mediterranean Games
Mersin, Turkey
6th
400 m
46.70
2nd
4x400 m relay
3:05.28
Universiade
Kazan, Russia
10th (sf)
400 m
46.65
3rd
4x400 m relay
3:06.36
2014
European Championships
Zürich, Switzerland
32nd (h)
400 m
46.90
12th (h)
4x400 m relay
3:07.68
2015
European Indoor Championships
Prague, Czech Republic
13th (sf)
400 m
47.81
2016
World Indoor Championships
Portland, United States
8th (sf)
400 m
46.82
European Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands
7th (sf)
400 m
45.51
9th (h)
4x400 m relay
3:04.65
2017
Islamic Solidarity Games
Baku, Azerbaijan
5th (sf)
400 m
46.64
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:06.83
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
16th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:15.45
2018
Mediterranean Games
Tarragona, Spain
5th
400 m
46.37
4th
4 × 400 m relay
3:05.28
European Championships
Berlin, Germany
20th (h)
400 m
46.58
13th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:07.83
2019
European Indoor Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
14th (h)
400 m
47.63
2021
World Relays
Chorzów, Poland
12th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:06.05