Nur Tatar

Nur Tatar
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born (1992-08-16) August 16, 1992
Van, Turkey
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb) (2012)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) Welterweight (67 kg)
Club Ankara İller Bankası
Coached by Cüneyt Gülçek
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
2012 London 67 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro 67 kg
World Championships
2015 Chelyabinsk Welterweight
European Championships
2012 Manchester Welterweight
2010 St. Petersburg Welterweight
2016 Montreux Welterweight
2014 Baku Welterweight
European Games
2015 Baku 67 kg
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin 67 kg
Universiade
2015 Gwangju Welterweight

Nur Tatar (born August 16, 1992 in Van, Turkey) is a Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the feather, light and welterweight divisions.[1] She is of Kurdish descent.[2]

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 became twice European junior champion, 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]

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. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Nur Tatar". Herbalife Sports. 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".
  6. ↑ "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatklarında-Tekvando-Nur Tatar" (in Turkish). GSB. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  7. ↑ "Women's -67kg - Olympic Taekwondo". London2012.com. 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. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  10. ↑ "nur tatar". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.


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