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]

Nur Tatar
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1992-08-16) August 16, 1992
Van, Turkey
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012)
Weight67 kg (148 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)Welterweight (67 kg)
ClubAnkara İller Bankası
Coached byCüneyt Gülçek
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
2012 London67 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro67 kg
World Championships
2017 MujuWelterweight
2015 ChelyabinskWelterweight
2019 ManchesterWelterweight
European Championships
2012 ManchesterWelterweight
2010 St. PetersburgWelterweight
2016 MontreuxWelterweight
2014 BakuWelterweight
European Games
2015 Baku67 kg
Grand Prix
2017 Moscow67 kg
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin 67 kg
Universiade
2015 Gwangju Welterweight

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
  1. "Tatar, Nur". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  2. "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.
  3. "Nur Tatar". Herbalife Sports. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  4. Güli Adnan (2009-11-13). "Vali Karaloğlu, Nur Tatar'ı altınla ödüllendirdi". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  5. "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 2011-11-19.
  6. "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatklarında-Tekvando-Nur Tatar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  7. "Women's -67kg - Olympic Taekwondo". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  8. "Nur Tatar'dan altın madalya". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  9. "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatklarında-Tekvando-Nur Tatar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  10. "nur tatar". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  11. http://www.haberturk.com/spor/diger/haber/1420323-nur-tatar-mehran-askari-ile-evlendi


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