Gulnur Tumbat: Biography in Details
Who is Gulnur Tumbat?
Gulnur Tumbat is a Turkish athlete, professor, amateur mountain climber, and ultramarathon runner.
She has been serving as a professor in the Marketing Faculty at San Franciso State University since 2005.
How old is Gulnur Tumbat?
Gulnur was born in the year 1975 in Turkish, America. According to her birthdate, she is 47 years old as of 2022.
Presently, she resides in San Francisco, California.
She was the youngest child of her parents. She has two elder sisters.
Her father is a teacher whereas her mother is a seamstress by profession.
Talking about her education, she attended the Middle East Technical University in Ankara where she earned a degree in Environmental Engineering.
Similarly, she received a master’s degree in Business Administration from Bilkent University and obtained a Ph.D. degree in Marketing.
Tumbat is of Turkish nationality whereas her ethnicity is Caucasian.
Gulnur Tumbat: Professional Life, Career
At the age of 17, Gulnur began mountain climbing in the Mountaineering & Winter Sports Club of the METU.
She had been on the top of more than 30 high-elevation mountains in Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Nepal, Argentina, the USA, and so far.
In 2004, she went to Nepal for the first time in order to trek and collect data for my Ph.D. research on risk marketing and risk consumption.
As of now, only twelve women in the world have completed the ascent to the “Eight Summits”. Her goal is to be the first Turk and Turkish woman to climb the “Eight Summits”.
She submitted the McKinley (6,194 m), Aconcagua (6,959 m), Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), Elbrus (5,642 m), and Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m).
In April 2014, she attempt to climb Mount Everest however, she failed as the ascent to the summit was officially stopped after a major avalanche. She again attempted and became the first Turkish woman to summit Mount Everest on May 21, 2018, from the Nepal side.
Aside from this, she also taught at the University of Utah, American University-Beirut, Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis-France, University of Innsbruck-Austria, and more.
Rumors, Controversy
She stays miles away from any rumors and controversial matters that create headlines in the media.
Gulnur Tumbat: Net Worth, Salary
Gulnur hasn’t disclosed her net worth, salary, and other earnings to the media.
However, she might have accumulated a decent amount of wealth throughout her career.
What are the body stats of Gulnur Tumbat?
Talking about Gulnur’s physical appearance, she has a fair complexion.
Likewise, she has a dark brown pair of eyes and brown hair color.
Her height and weight aren’t available in the media.
Social Media
Gulnur is active on Instagram where she has more than 1.6k followers.
Similarly, she has over 1.9k followers on Twitter and 949 followers on Facebook.
Trivia
- She is an avid endurance athlete: climber, ultrarunner, adventure racer, skier, and mountaineer.
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