Nur Tatar

Nur Tatar

Personal information
Full name	Nur Tatar Askari
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 33) Van, Turkey
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb) (2012)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	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 2017 Muju 67 kg 2019 Manchester 67 kg 2015 Chelyabinsk 67 kg Grand Slam 2017 Wuxi 67 kg European Championships 2012 Manchester 67 kg 2016 Montreux 67 kg 2010 St. Petersburg 67 kg 2021 Sofia 67 kg 2014 Baku 67 kg European Games 2015 Baku 67 kg Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin 67 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku 67 kg Grand Prix 2018 Fujairah 67 kg 2017 Rabat 67 kg 2017 Moscow 67 kg 2015 Mexico City 67 kg 2015 Manchester 67 kg 2019 Sofia 67 kg 2018 Manchester 67 kg 2015 Samsun 67 kg 2014 Manchester 67 kg

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]

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

Year	Event	Location	G-Rank	Place
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

1. "Tatar, Nur". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
2. "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.
3. "Nur Tatar". Herbalife Sports. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
4. Güli Adnan (13 November 2009). "Vali Karaloğlu, Nur Tatar'ı altınla ödüllendirdi". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
5. "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 19 November 2011.
6. "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatklarında-Tekvando-Nur Tatar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
7. "Women's -67kg - Olympic Taekwondo". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
8. "Nur Tatar'dan altın madalya". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 22 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
9. "Nur Tatar, Mehran Askari ile evlendi! | Spor Haberleri". www.haberturk.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.

External links

• 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)