Berk Akalın

Berk Akalın
Kelly and Akalın in 2020
Born (1995-01-20) January 20, 1995
Bursa, Turkey
HometownBursa, Turkey
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
CountryTurkey
PartnerKatarina DelCamp (2023–25)
Yuliia Zhata (2020–22)
Nicole Kelly (2018–20)
Çağla Demirsal (2010–17)
CoachMathew Gates
Skating clubBursa Tek Paten SC
Began skating2002
RetiredJune 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.[1]

Personal life

Akalın was born on 20 January 1995 in Bursa, Turkey.[2]

He married his skating partner, Katarina DelCamp, on 7 December 2022 in West Palm Beach, Florida after just a three-day-long engagement.[3] The couple married again in Ankara, Turkey on 7 December 2024.[4]

Programs

With DelCamp

Season Short program Free skating
2024–2025
[2]
  • Dawn of Faith
    by Eternal Eclipse
  • Newborn
    by Elephant Music
    choreo. by Matthew Gates

With Kelly

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2019–2020
[5]

With Demirsal

Season Short dance Free dance
2014–2015
  • Flamenco:
  • Paso Doble:
  • Flamenco:
2013–2014
[6]
  • Quickstep: When You Smile
    by Salter McDonald
  • Charleston: Kiss
    by Max Raabe
  • Russian folk medley
2012–2013
[7]
  • Blues: Why Don't You Do Right
  • Hip Hop: Family Affair
    by DJ Fede
  • Still Alive Piano Concerto No. 23
    (modern arrangement)
  • Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21
  • Still Alive Piano Concerto No. 23
    (modern arrangement)
    by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2011–2012
[8]
  • Rhumba
  • Cha Cha
2010–2011
[9]
  • Waltz
  • Tango

Single skating

Season Short program Free skating
2009–2010
[10]
  • The Rock
    by Hans Zimmer
  • The Survivor
    by Russ Landau

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Katarina DelCamp

Competition placements at senior level [11]
Season 2024–25
World Championships 35th
European Championships 27th
Bosphorus Cup 5th
Ephesus Cup 3rd
Lake Placid IDI 18th
Mezzaluna Cup 10th

Ice dance with Zhata

International[12]
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

International[13]
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

International[1]
Event 15–16 16–17
Bavarian Open 5th
Sarajevo Open 3rd
National[1]
Turkish Champ. 1st

Ice dance with Demirsal

International: Junior[1]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15
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
National[1]
Turkish Champ. 1st
PR = Preliminary round

Single skating

International: Junior[14]
Event 2009–10
Junior Worlds 42nd
Triglav Trophy 4th

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Competition Results: Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN". International Skating Union.
  2. ^ a b "Katarina DELCAMP / Berk AKALIN: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. ^ @kat.inthecity; (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" – via Instagram.
  4. ^ @kat.inthecity; (9 December 2024). "December 7, 2024 #married" – via Instagram.
  5. ^ "Nicole KELLY / Berk AKALIN: 2019/2020". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014.
  7. ^ "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013.
  8. ^ "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012.
  9. ^ "Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
  10. ^ "Berk AKALIN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010.
  11. ^ "TUR – Katarina DELCAMP / Berk AKALIN". SkatingScores.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Competition Results: Yuliia ZHATA / Berk AKALIN". International Skating Union.
  13. ^ "Competition Results: Nicole KELLY / Berk AKALIN". International Skating Union.
  14. ^ "Competition Results: Berk AKALIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 29, 2013.
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