Ruhi Sarıalp

Ruhi Sarıalp (December 15, 1924 – March 3, 2001) was a Turkish track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the triple jump.

[1] He competed for Turkey in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the triple jump, where he won the bronze medal with a mark of 15.02 m. He started athletics during his education at the military high school in Konya.

[2] After leaving the active sports, Ruhi Sarıalp served as a lecturer for physical education in the School of Maritime at Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ).

[4] He died on March 3, 2001, in İzmir due to agonal respiration, and was buried in the Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery in Istanbul.

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