Özge Akın is a Turkish sprinter competing in the 400 m events. She is the current Turkish record holder of the 400 m hurdles events. Following her marriage to her coach, her surname changed to Akın, although she was also subsequently known by the surname Akın-Gürler.
Derya Büyükuncu is a six-time Olympic backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Turkey. The 1.90 m tall athlete at 90 kg (200 lb) is a member of Galatasaray Swimming. His coach is Zehra Büyükuncu.
Bahri Tanrıkulu is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the Men's 80 kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece and won the silver medal. He studied at Akdeniz University.
Hwang Kyung-seon, also spelled Hwang Kyung-sun, is a female South Korean Taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time Olympic Champion from 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Servet Tazegül (pronounced[ˈseɾvetˈtazeˈɟyl] is a world, Olympic and European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner of Azerbaijani origin competing in the featherweight division.
Gizem Güreşen is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 1.76 m tall and plays as libero.
Burcu Yüksel is a Turkish female high jumper. She is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics club, where she is coached by Cüneyt Yüksel. The 180 cm tall athlete is at 57 kg (126 lb).
Rukiye Yıldırım is a European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner competing in the finweight division. She is a graduate student in the School of Sports science at Selçuk University in Konya.
Turkey Taekwondo Federation is the governing body of Taekwondo sport in Turkey. Originally, it was formed in 1968 within the Turkey Judo Federation, where it maintained its activities thirteen years long. In 1981, it was disconnected from the Judo Federation and became a separate organization under the governmental Directorate General of Youth and Sports. The headquarters is located in Ulus quarter of Ankara. It is a member of the European Taekwondo Union (ETU).
Neslihan Arın is a Turkish badminton player. The 178 cm (5.84 ft) tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. She won the women's singles title at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games, 2013, 2018 Mediterranean Games and the women's doubles title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Arın also won the bronze medals at the 2015 European Games and at the 2021 European Championships, 2022 European Championships and 2024 European Championships
Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, née Yulia Guramievna Rekvava, is a former Russian-Turkish female wrestler. She is the first woman wrestler to represent Turkey at the Olympics. She is a member of Trakya Birlikspor.
Dilara Buse Günaydın is a Turkish swimmer competing in the breaststroke events. The 168 cm tall sportswoman at 57 kg (126 lb) transferred to Galatasaray Swimming from Fenerbahçe Swimming.
Nimet Karakuş, is a Turkish sprinter competing in the 100 m and 200 m events. The 1.68 m tall athlete at 64 kg (141 lb) is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics, where she is coached by Alper Başyiğit.
Sema Aydemir is a Turkish female sprinter, who is specializes in the 400m hurdles event. The 1.69 m tall athlete at 54 kg (119 lb) is a member of Enkaspor, where she is coached by Tayfun Aygün.
Nezir Sağır is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the –85 kg division. The 1.74 m tall athlete at 88 kg is a member of Ankara Demir Spor, where he is coached by Osman Nuri Vural.
Sibel Güler Sağır is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner. She is a four-time medalist and two-time defending champion at the European Taekwondo Championships since 2004. She also claimed the middleweight division title at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir, but won a silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, losing out to Chinese Taipei's Lin An-Ni in the final match.
Arzu Tan Sayan is a World champion Turkish female former Taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the flyweight (-47 kg) class, and currently acting as a coach.
Turkey competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1908, Turkish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for three occasions. Turkey failed to register any athletes at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and also joined the United States-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Turkish team consisted of 103 athletes, 55 men and 48 women, across twenty-one sports.
Evin Demirhan Yavuz is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 50 kg division. She is a member of Ankara Aski Spor Club. She won the gold medal at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships.
Döndü Güvenç is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner. She competed in the semifinals of the 2000 Summer Olympics's Women's 49 kg category and won a total of two gold, three silver and two bronze medals in international events.
