The Olympian who left Goldman Sachs for Al Gore’s investment firm
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Sign up for our newsletter now. Sedef Koktenturk was 8 years old—a barefoot girl in a kid-sized wetsuit— when she took a summertime windsurfing class in Bodrum, Turkey, where her family lived. The Aegean rippled bluish green; Mediterranean winds swelled her sail. Koktenturk was hooked.
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A whip of wind dashed that dream. The day before a national race, Koktenturk was windsurfing when an unexpected gust toppled her. She broke her wrist, and the injury sidelined her for the rest of the season. It also provoked a moment of reckoning. That included applying to a number of colleges in the United States—her dream was a small liberal arts school with Division III athletics—and landing an international scholarship at Moravian.
Koktenturk applied the same steady focus that had brought her success on the water to her academic pursuits. She majored in economics; a class in graphic design led to a passion for ceramics and a minor in fine art. With the ski club, she headed to the Poconos for weekly outings.
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She let go of the Olympic dream. But not entirely. Koktenturk was fit, but did she have the endurance to train as an Olympic windsurfer? Could she hope to be one of the 28 women, from countries across the globe, to qualify for the games? There was just one way to find out. If you have any chance of going to the Olympics, you should do it.
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Sedef koktenturk biography of martin johnson: Sedef Köktentürk (born 22 July ) is a Turkish former windsurfer, who specialized in the RS:X class. [1] She was the country's top female windsurfer for the Summer Olympics, finishing last of the woman fleet. [2].
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