Nur Tatar Askari (born 16 August 1992) is a Turkish female taekwondo practitioner. She is a World and European champion, competing in the feather, light and welterweight divisions.[1] She is of Kurdish descent.[2]
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Full name | Nur Tatar Askari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Van, Turkey | 16 August 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Welterweight (67 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Ankara İller Bankası | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Cüneyt Gülçek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
She got married in 2017 to a former member of Iranian national taekwondo team Mehran Askari.[9]
Tournament record
editYear | Event | Location | G-Rank | Place |
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2022 | Sweden Open | Stockholm | G-1 | 3rd |
2021 | European Championships | Sofia | G-4 | 3rd |
2020 | Fujairah Open | Fujairah | G-1 | 1st |
2019 | World Championships | Manchester | G-12 | 2nd |
Grand Prix | Sofia | G-4 | 3rd | |
Extra European Championships | Bari | G-4 | 3rd | |
Spanish Open | Castellon | G-1 | 1st | |
2018 | Grand Slam | Wuxi | G-12 | 2nd |
European Championships | Kazan | G-4 | 2nd | |
Grand Prix | Fujairah | G-8 | 1st | |
Grand Prix | Manchester | G-4 | 3rd | |
Grand Slam - Qualification | Wuxi | G-4 | 2nd | |
Spanish Open | Alicante | G-1 | 1st | |
2017 | World Championships | Muju | G-12 | 1st |
Grand Prix | Rabat | G-4 | 1st | |
Grand Prix | Moscow | G-4 | 2nd | |
Turkish Open | Antalya | G-1 | 1st | |
Slovenia Open | Hamburg | G-1 | 1st | |
WT Presidents Cup - Europe | Athen | G-1 | 3rd | |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro | G-20 | 3rd |
European Championships | Montreaux | G-4 | 2nd | |
European Clubs Championships | Antalya | G-1 | 1st | |
Turkish Open | Antalya | G-1 | 1st | |
Dutch Open | Eindhoven | G-1 | 1st | |
WT Presidents Cup - Europe | Bonn | G-1 | 3rd | |
Luxembourg Open | Luxembourg | G-1 | 3rd | |
2015 | World Championships | Chelyabinsk | G-12 | 2nd |
Grand Prix | Mexico City | G-8 | 2nd | |
Grand Prix | Manchester | G-4 | 2nd | |
Grand Prix | Samsun | G-4 | 3rd | |
European Games | Baku | G-4 | 3rd | |
Universiade | Gwangju | G-2 | 3rd | |
Croatia Open | Zagreb | G-1 | 1st | |
Ukraine Open | Kharkiv | G-1 | 1st | |
Moldova Open | Chișinău | G-1 | 2nd | |
Kazakhstan Open | Almaty | G-1 | 2nd | |
European Clubs Championships | Antalya | G-1 | 3rd | |
Greece Open | Thessaloniki | G-1 | 3rd | |
2014 | European Championships | Baku | G-4 | 3rd |
Grand Prix | Manchester | G-4 | 3rd | |
Dutch Open | Eindhoven | G-1 | 2nd | |
Trelleborg Open | Trelleborg | G-1 | 3rd | |
Ukraine Open | Kharkiv | G-1 | 3rd | |
2013 | Dutch Open | Eindhoven | G-1 | 1st |
Spanish Open | Alicante | G-1 | 3rd | |
2012 | Olympic Games | London | G-20 | 2nd |
European Championships | Manchester | G-4 | 1st | |
Olympic Games qualification Europe | Kazan | G-4 | 1st | |
German Open | Hamburg | G-1 | 3rd | |
2011 | German Open | Hamburg | G-1 | 1st |
Trelleborg Open | Trelleborg | G-1 | 3rd | |
2010 | European Championships | Saint Petersburg | G-4 | 2nd |
European U-21 Championships | Kharkiv | G-4 | 1st | |
Dutch Open | Eindhoven | G-1 | 1st | |
2009 | European U-21 Championships | Vigo | G-4 | 1st |
European Junior Championships | Trelleborg | G-4 | 1st | |
Spanish Open | Alicante | G-1 | 3rd | |
2008 | Belgian Open | Herentals | G-1 | 1st |
2007 | European Junior Championships | Baku | G-1 | 3rd |
References
edit- ^ "Tatar, Nur". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Nur Tatar". Herbalife Sports. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ Güli Adnan (13 November 2009). "Vali Karaloğlu, Nur Tatar'ı altınla ödüllendirdi". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatklarında-Tekvando-Nur Tatar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ "Women's -67kg - Olympic Taekwondo". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Nur Tatar'dan altın madalya". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 22 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Nur Tatar, Mehran Askari ile evlendi! | Spor Haberleri". www.haberturk.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
External links
edit- Nur Tatar at TaekwondoData.com
- Nur Tatar at Olympics.com
- Nur Tatar at Olympedia
- Nur Tatar at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Nur Tatar at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)