İsmail Akçay (born in 1942) is a Turkish athlete. He was born in Akçakaya village of Balıkesir Province. After finishing primary school in his village, he studied in the industrial vocational high school of Balıkesir. Then he transferred to sergents' school in Ankara where he was interested in athletics.Retired Sergents page He specialized in marathon events.
Career His international degrees are as follows:Balkan GamesMediterranean Games YearEventCityRank1966Balkan GamesSarajevo1967Las Vegas MarathonLas Vegas1967Mediterranean GamesTunis1968Balkan Gamesİstanbul19681968 Summer Olympics Mexico City41968Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka41969Balkan GamesSofia1971Balkan GamesZagreb1971 Mediterranean Gamesİzmir1972Balkan Gamesİzmir1973Balkan GamesAthens His result in 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico city was the best result Turkey had had in the Olympic marathon events up to that time.
Presently Presently İsmail Akçay serves as an athletic trainer in Balıkesir.
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