Berk Akalın
Turkish ice dancer
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::summary Turkish ice dancer ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox figure skater"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Berk Akalın |
| image | Katarina Delcamp & Berk Akalin 2025 Worlds Rhythm Dance 13.jpg |
| caption | Akalın and DelCamp at the 2025 World Championships |
| country | Turkey |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Bursa, Turkey |
| hometown | Bursa, Turkey |
| height | |
| partner | Katarina DelCamp (2023–25) |
| Yuliia Zhata (2020–22) | |
| Nicole Kelly (2018–20) | |
| Çağla Demirsal (2010–17) | |
| coach | Mathew Gates |
| skating club | Bursa Tek Paten SC |
| beganskating | 2002 |
| retired | June 10, 2025 |
| :: |
| name = Berk Akalın | image = Katarina Delcamp & Berk Akalin 2025 Worlds Rhythm Dance 13.jpg | caption = Akalın and DelCamp at the 2025 World Championships | fullname = | altname = | country = Turkey | birth_date = | birth_place = Bursa, Turkey | hometown = Bursa, Turkey | height = | partner = Katarina DelCamp (2023–25) Yuliia Zhata (2020–22) Nicole Kelly (2018–20) Çağla Demirsal (2010–17) | coach = Mathew Gates | skating club = Bursa Tek Paten SC | beganskating = 2002 | retired = June 10, 2025
Berk Akalın (born January 20, 1995) is a retired Turkish ice dancer.
With wife and former ice dance partner, Katarina DelCamp, he competed at the 2025 European Championships and the 2025 World Championships. They are also the 2025 Ephesus Cup bronze medalists.
With former ice dance partner, Yuliia Zhata, he competed at the 2021 World Championships.
With former ice dance partner, Çağla Demirsal, he is the 2011 Turkish national champion and placed fourteenth at the 2013 World Junior Championships.
Personal life
Akalın was born on 20 January 1995 in Bursa, Turkey.
He married his skating partner, Katarina DelCamp, on 7 December 2022 in West Palm Beach, Florida after just a three-day-long engagement. The couple married again in Ankara, Turkey on 7 December 2024.
Programs
With DelCamp
::data[format=table] | Season | Short program | Free skating | 2024–2025 | |---|---|---|---| | | | | | ::
With Kelly
::data[format=table] | Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | 2019–2020 | |---|---|---|---| | | | | | ::
With Demirsal
::data[format=table] | Season | Short dance | Free dance | 2014–2015 | 2013–2014 | 2012–2013 | 2011–2012 | 2010–2011 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::
Single skating
::data[format=table] | Season | Short program | Free skating | 2009–2010 | |---|---|---|---| | | | | | ::
Competitive highlights
Ice dance with Katarina DelCamp
|level=senior|ref= |season1=2024–25 | | | | | |
Ice dance with Zhata
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| International | Event | 20–21 | 21–22 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worlds | 27th | ||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 14th | ||
| Egna Trophy | WD | ||
| Lake Placid IDI | 12th | ||
| LuMi Trophy | 3rd | ||
| Winter Star | 5th | ||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew | |||
| :: |
Ice dance with Kelly
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| International | Event | 18–19 | 19–20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worlds | C | ||
| Europeans | 26th | ||
| CS Ice Star | 9th | ||
| CS U.S. Classic | 9th | ||
| Bosphorus Cup | 7th | 9th | |
| Warsaw Cup | 7th | ||
| C = Cancelled | |||
| :: |
Pairs with Demirsal
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| International | Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bavarian Open | 5th | |||
| Sarajevo Open | 3rd | |||
| Turkish Champ. | 1st | |||
| :: |
Ice dance with Demirsal
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/2012_World_Junior_FS_Çağla_Demirsal_Berk_Akalın3.jpg" caption="2012 World Junior Championships"] ::
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| International: Junior | Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Worlds | 16th PR | 18th | 14th | 17th | |||
| Ondrej Nepela | 8th | ||||||
| JGP Germany | 5th | ||||||
| JGP Latvia | 16th | ||||||
| JGP Turkey | 9th | ||||||
| Ice Challenge | 1st | ||||||
| Istanbul Cup | 3rd | ||||||
| NRW Trophy | 12th | 5th | |||||
| Mont Blanc | 12th | ||||||
| Turkish Champ. | 1st | ||||||
| PR = Preliminary round | |||||||
| :: |
Single skating
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| International: Junior | Event | 2009–10 |
|---|---|---|
| Junior Worlds | 42nd | |
| Triglav Trophy | 4th | |
| :: |
References
References
- "TUR – Katarina DELCAMP / Berk AKALIN". SkatingScores.com.
- "Katarina DELCAMP / Berk AKALIN: 2024/2025". [[International Skating Union]].
- "Competition Results: Berk AKALIN". International Skating Union.
- "Berk AKALIN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union.
- "Competition Results: Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN". International Skating Union.
- "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union.
- "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union.
- "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union.
- "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union.
- "Competition Results: Nicole KELLY / Berk AKALIN". International Skating Union.
- "Nicole KELLY / Berk AKALIN: 2019/2020". International Skating Union.
- "Competition Results: Yuliia ZHATA / Berk AKALIN". [[International Skating Union]].
- (10 December 2022). "“My heart is, and always will be… yours” ~ Sense & Sensibility December 7, 2022 I had the honor of marrying the love of my life, Berk Akalin.".
- (9 December 2024). "December 7, 2024 #married".
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