Ekrem Boyalı

Ekrem Boyalı (born 15 July 1970) is an Olympian Turkish former Taekwondo practitioner and coach.[1]

Ekrem Boyalı

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1970-07-15) 15 July 1970 Konya, Turkey
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Taekwondo
Medal record Men's Taekwondo Representing  Turkey World Championships 1997 Hong Kong Featherweight 1991 Athens Bantamweight World Cup 1994 George Town Featherweight 1991 Zagreb Bantamweight European Championships 1996 Helsinki Featherweight 1992 Valencia Featherweight 1990 Aarhus Flyweight

Early years and family life

Ekrem Boyalı was born on 15 July 1970 in Konya, Turkey. In 1998, Boyalı went to the United States to complete his university education.[2] Upon returning home after three years, he was appointed a lecturer at Selçuk University in Konya.[2] In 2009, he earned a PhD degree[3] in Exercise physiology from the Institute of Health Science at Selçuk University with a thesis on "The effect of vitamin E application on the levels of lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzymes and lactate during acute Taekwondo exercise".[4]

He is married with Ayşegül Ergin, also a world and European championship medalist.[5]

Sports career

He began with Taekwondo following the footsteps of his older brother Osman Boyalı in 1983.[2] After four years of hard training at his brother's sports club, he was admitted to the national team.[2][3] Later, he became captain of the Turkey team.[2]

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he competed for Turkey, and became the runner-up after losing to Kim Byong-Cheol from South Korea in the final game.[2][6] The Taekwondo competitions were held as demonstration sport, and therefore no medals were awarded.

Boyalı served as coach of the Turkey national team after leaving the active sport.[2][7] Later, he coached the Bulgaria national team.[3][6]

Achievements

• 1988 European Championships – Ankara, Turkey −54 kg (youth)[1]
• 1990 European Championships – Aarhus, Denmark −54 kg[1]
• 1991 World Cup – Zagreb, Croatia −58 kg[1]
• 1991 World Championships – Athens, Greece −58 kg[2]
• 1992 European Championships – Valencia, Spain −64 kg[1]
• 1992 Pre-Olympian Games – Barcelona, Spain −64 kg[1]
• 1994 World Cup – George Town, Cayman Islands, United Kingdom −64 kg[1]
• 1996 European Championships – Helsinki, Finland −64 kg[1]
• 1997 World Championships – Hong Kong, British Hong Kong −64 kg[2]

References

1. "Boyali, Ekrem". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
2. "Ekrem Boyalıyla Dobra Dobra" (PDF) (in Turkish). Koyuncu Spor. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
3. Uçar, Sultan (2012-08-05). "Türkiye olimpiyatlarda neden madalya kazanamıyor?". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-02-17.
4. Boyalı, Ekrem (2009). "T.C. Selçuk Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü – E Vitamini Uygulamasının Akut Taekwondo Egzersizinde Lipit Peroksidasyonu, Antioksidan Enzimler ve Laktat Düzeylerine Etkileri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Konya: Şakir Bezci. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
5. "Akar Gsk Ve Fitform Sport Center Şampiyonları Ağırladı". Haber FX (in Turkish). 2012-08-08. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
6. "Şampiyonlar Konya'da". Kon Haber (in Turkish). 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2014-02-17.<
7. "Tekvonda 55 kilo şampiyonu Konya'dan". Konya Haber (in Turkish). 2005-08-26. Retrieved 2014-02-17.