Nur Tatar
Nur Tatar Askari (born August 16, 1992 in Van, Turkey) is a world and European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the feather, light and welterweight divisions.[1] She is of Kurdish descent.[2]
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Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Van, Turkey | August 16, 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Welterweight (67 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Ankara İller Bankası | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Cüneyt Gülçek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She was a member of the TSE Sports Club in Ankara before she transferred to Ankara İller Bankası. She is coached by Cüneyt Gülçek.[3][4]
Nur Tatar won her first medal at the age of 15. She won twice the European Junior Taekwondo Championships, and reached to gold medals in A-class tournaments in Europe.[3] She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships held in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[5]
She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics[6] where she won the silver medal at 67 kg.[7] At the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey she became gold medalist.[8] She qualified again for olympics at 2016[9] where she won a bronze medal at 67 kg.[10]
She got married in 2017 to a former member of Iran national taekwondo team Mehran Askari. [11]
See also
References
- "Tatar, Nur". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- "Kürt'üm, ay yıldızlı bayrağı gururla taşıyorum". Sporaktif.com.tr (in Turkish). 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- "Nur Tatar". Herbalife Sports. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- Güli Adnan (2009-11-13). "Vali Karaloğlu, Nur Tatar'ı altınla ödüllendirdi". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 2011-11-19.
- "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatklarında-Tekvando-Nur Tatar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- "Women's -67kg - Olympic Taekwondo". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
- "Nur Tatar'dan altın madalya". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2013-06-22. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatklarında-Tekvando-Nur Tatar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- "nur tatar". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- http://www.haberturk.com/spor/diger/haber/1420323-nur-tatar-mehran-askari-ile-evlendi