Nur Tatar

Last updated

Nur Tatar
Personal information
Full nameNur Tatar Askari
Nationality Turkish
Born (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 32)
Van, Turkey
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012)
Weight67 kg (148 lb) (2012)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Taekwondo
EventWelterweight (67 kg)
ClubAnkara İller Bankası
Coached byCüneyt Gülçek

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]

Contents

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

YearEventLocationG-RankPlace
2022Sweden Open Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm G-13rd
2021 European Championships Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia G-43rd
2020Fujairah Open Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Fujairah G-11st
2019 World Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester G-122nd 
Grand Prix Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia G-43rd
Extra European Championships Flag of Italy.svg Bari G-43rd
Spanish Open Flag of Spain.svg Castellon G-11st 
2018 Grand Slam Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wuxi G-122nd
European Championships Flag of Russia.svg Kazan G-42nd
Grand Prix Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Fujairah G-81st
Grand Prix Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester G-43rd 
Grand Slam - Qualification Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wuxi G-42nd
Spanish Open Flag of Spain.svg Alicante G-11st 
2017 World Championships Flag of South Korea.svg Muju G-121st 
Grand Prix Flag of Morocco.svg Rabat G-41st
Grand Prix Flag of Russia.svg Moscow G-42nd
Turkish Open Flag of Turkey.svg Antalya G-11st 
Slovenia Open Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg G-11st  
WT Presidents Cup - Europe Flag of Greece.svg Athen G-13rd  
2016 Olympic Games Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro G-203rd
European Championships Flag of France.svg Montreaux G-42nd   
European Clubs Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Antalya G-11st
Turkish Open Flag of Turkey.svg Antalya G-11st
Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eindhoven G-11st
WT Presidents Cup - Europe Flag of Germany.svg Bonn G-13rd
Luxembourg Open Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg G-13rd
2015 World Championships Flag of Russia.svg Chelyabinsk G-122nd
Grand Prix Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City G-82nd
Grand Prix Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester G-42nd 
Grand Prix Flag of Turkey.svg Samsun G-43rd 
European Games Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Baku G-43rd 
Universiade Flag of South Korea.svg Gwangju G-23rd 
Croatia Open Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb G-11st
Ukraine Open Flag of Ukraine.svg Kharkiv G-11st 
Moldova Open Flag of Moldova.svg Chișinău G-12nd 
Kazakhstan Open Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Almaty G-12nd
European Clubs Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Antalya G-13rd  
Greece Open Flag of Greece.svg Thessaloniki G-13rd  
2014 European Championships Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Baku G-43rd
Grand Prix Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester G-43rd 
Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eindhoven G-12nd   
Trelleborg Open Flag of Sweden.svg Trelleborg G-13rd  
Ukraine Open Flag of Ukraine.svg Kharkiv G-13rd  
2013Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eindhoven G-11st 
Spanish Open Flag of Spain.svg Alicante G-13rd 
2012 Olympic Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London G-202nd
European Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester G-41st 
Olympic Games qualification Europe Flag of Russia.svg Kazan G-41st
German Open Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg G-13rd 
2011German Open Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg G-11st
Trelleborg Open Flag of Sweden.svg Trelleborg G-13rd 
2010 European Championships Flag of Russia.svg Saint Petersburg G-42nd
European U-21 Championships Flag of Ukraine.svg Kharkiv G-41st 
Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eindhoven G-11st  
2009European U-21 Championships Flag of Spain.svg Vigo G-41st
European Junior Championships Flag of Sweden.svg Trelleborg G-41st 
Spanish Open Flag of Spain.svg Alicante G-13rd   
2008Belgian Open Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Herentals G-11st 
2007European Junior Championships Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Baku G-13rd 

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. 1 2 "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.