Rukiye Yıldırım
Rukiye Yıldırım (born February 12, 1991 in Ankara) is a European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the finweight division.[1][2]
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| Nationality | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 12, 1991 Ankara, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Finweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kanka Taekwondo S.K. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Hızır Pınaroğlu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She began with Taekwondo in 2002 in Kanka Taekwondo S.K. in Ankara, where she is coached by Hızır Pınaroğlu. She is representing her country at international events since 2007.[1]
Rukiye Yıldırım won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships held in Gyeongju, South Korea.[3] She is the gold medalist of 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in finweigth.[4]
She won the silver medalist in the Flyweight (49kg) division at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey.[5]
References
- "Rukiye Yıldırım" (in Turkish). Sakin Taekwondo. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
- +"Tekvadoda tarih yazdık". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
- "Rukiye ve Rıdvan'dan bronz geldi". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
- "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 2011-11-19.
- "Rukiye Yıldırım gümüş madalyada kaldı". Haberdem (in Turkish). 2013-06-21. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
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