Elcin Arikaner
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She began her sports career as a goalkeeper in women’s football team of Mersin Camspor, which was the most established amateur football club in Mersin founded by his father Murat Arıkaner, who was also coaching the team. During eight years as an athlete, she laid the foundation of her career by looking up to his father as a leader and by being inspired by him.
In 1996, she was qualified to attend the Women’s U-21 National Team and participated in the Women’s Football League Euro Cup Quarter Finals held in Norway.
After spending numerous years as an athlete, she decided to follow her passions and began dancing in 2001, during her undergraduate education in Çukurova University, Academy of Physical Education and Sports.
In 2004, she auditioned for the dance company “Sultans of the Dance” and was selected as a dancer. Throughout her years performing in the dance company, she got involved in Pilates.
In 2012, she went to New York and worked in various studios as a visiting Pilates instructor. During that time in New York, she discovered GYROTONIC® exercise, and loved to move freely in rhythm. Than she became interested in GYROTONIC® an seeing the benefits of this exercise system both in her body.
She got the chance to work with many master trainers in New York and she received her trainer license in GYROTONIC®
Then she returned to Istanbul and opened her own studio called “STUDIO ATLAS.”
After a few years she completed the eductation in the GYROKINESIS® by Master Miriam Friedrich-Honorio and also trained by Ronny Padav and received a GYROTONIC® as a pre-trainer certificate in 2019.
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