Hamide Bıkçın Tosun

Hamide Bıkçın Tosun

Personal information
Birth name	Hamide Bıkçın
Nationality	Turkey
Born	(1978-01-24) January 24, 1978
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	Featherweight
Club	İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 57 kg World Championships 1995 Manila Flyweight 2007 Beijing Featherweight European Championships 2000 Patras 55 kg 2004 Lillehammer 59 kg 2008 Rome 63 kg

Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (born January 24, 1978) is a female Turkish Taekwondo athlete, who competed in the Women's 49–57 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia and won the bronze medal.^[1]

Tosun took up taekwondo already aged eight. After winning the European and World championships, she married and became mother of a daughter Zeynep. Hamide Bıkçın Tosun suspended her active fighting sports life in the years 1996 and 1997. She started again 1998 to perform taekwondo and represented Turkey at the 2000 Olympics.^[2]

Achievements

• 1995 World Taekwondo Championships in the Philippines – gold (Flyweight)
• 2000 13th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Patras, Greece – gold (Bantamweight)^[3]
• 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia – bronze
• 2002 7th Universiade in Berkeley, California, U.S. – gold (58 kg)^[4]
• 2002 Taekwondo Belgian Open in Lommel, Belgium – gold (Bantamweight)^[5]
• 2004 15th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Lilehammer, Norway – silver (Featherweight)^[6]

References