Raşit Tolun

Raşit Tolun was a Turkish alpine skier and chemist. He competed in Alpine skiing at the [1948 Winter Olympics|two events] at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
Tolun later became a professor and a chemist. He worked at several universities in multiple countries and wrote over 90 articles published in academic journals, both Turkish and foreign. He was given the 1981 Sedat Simavi award for leading the development of "production of sodium hydroxide and boric acid by the electrolysis of sodium borate solutions".