Gülbahar Gözütok
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| Born | 2 January 2002 Kayseri, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2013– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5.6 ft; 67 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gülbahar Gözütok (born 2 January 2002) is a Turkish karateka.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Early years[edit]
Gözütok took the gold medal, her first official medal, in the +40 kg event of the 2002-births category at the 2013 Turkish Children's Championship in İzmir.[1] At the "5th World Children's Karate Championship" (Turkish: Dünya Çocukları Karate Şampionası) in 2014, which is held annually on the occasion of the National Sovereignty and Children's Day in Turkey, Gözütok became champion.[3] In 2015 at the age of 13, she won three gold and a silver medal at the 7th European Shotokan Karate Championship and at the World Cup.[4] In November 2019, she took the silver medal at the Turkish U21 Championship.[5] She won the gold medal by defeating German Reem Khamis in the women's 61 kg final match in the U21 category at the 2022 World U21 Championships held at the Karatay Congress and Sport Center in Konya, Turkey.[6]
Senior career[edit]
In February 2022, she debuted as senior at the Turkish Championships, and became champion.[7] The same year in August, she became silver medalist at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[8] She won a bronze medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2023 European Games held at the Bielsko-Biała Arena in Bielsko-Biała, Poland.[9]
Gözütok is a member of Balkaya Sport Club in Kayseri, where she is coached by Metin Balkaya.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Gülbaher Gözütok was born on 2 January 2002.[2] She lives in Kayseri, Turkey.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gülbahar Gözütok". ebilgi.karate.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ a b "MIRS App". results.european-games.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ "Dünya Çocukları Karate Turnuvasında Şampiyon Gülbahar Gözütok Oldu". İhlas News Agency (in Turkish). 25 April 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ Onal, Mustafa (3 November 2015). "Genç karateci madalyaya doymuyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Gülbahar Gözütok Türkiye İkincisi Oldu". Bölge Gündem (in Turkish). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "U21 Karate Şampiyonası'nda Gülbahar Gözütok Dünya Şampiyonu oldu". ajansspor.com. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ a b "En büyük hayaline kavuşunca mutluluk gözyaşları döktü". Kocaeli Koz (in Turkish). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Milli karatecilerden İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda 5 madalya!". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 19 August 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Gülbahar Gözütok'tan bronz madalya". memleket.com.tr. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ "Uluslararası ve Hazar Ülkeleri Yıldızlar Milli Takım Kadrosu" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Karate Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
Media related to Gülbahar Gözütok at Wikimedia Commons
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kayseri
- Turkish female karateka
- 21st-century Turkish sportswomen
- European Games bronze medalists for Turkey
- Karateka at the 2023 European Games
- European Games medalists in karate
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in karate
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games