Ismail Rifatoglu

Hello, my name is Ismail and I’m a first year Psychology student!

I have only been doing parkour since joining the university in October but since then, I have not only pulled off some of my most physically impressive moves, but I have also made some of my fondest memories in that time with all the members of the society.

Ever since joining the Parkour society, I have been met with nothing but kindness and encouragement from all members, regardless of whether they are a veteran traceur or whether they had started out at the same time as I did. 

Parkour, both as the sport and as the community of members, has helped improve not only my physical strength but also my mental strength and I would only hope to help make this possible for everyone who joins the club next year.

With both Parkour and social matters, the community is one which I feel immensely proud to be a part of and should I be president next year, my aim is to not only maintain this well-established history of the club and sense of community between everyone, but to continue to expand and grow the society to new hights, with more parkour activities/ trips (and more social activities after too!).