Hamide Bıkçın

Hamide Bıkçın Çetiner (born January 24, 1978) formerly known as Hamide Bıkçın Tosun is a female Turkish Taekwondo athlete, who competed in the Women's 49–57 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia and won the bronze medal.[1]

Hamide Bıkçın
Personal information
Birth nameHamide Bıkçın Tosun
Full nameHamide Bıkçın Çetiner
NationalityTurkish
Born (1978-01-24) January 24, 1978
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)Featherweight
Clubİstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1995 Manila47 kg
Silver medal – second place2007 Beijing59 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2000 Patras55 kg
Silver medal – second place2004 Lillehammer59 kg
Bronze medal – third place2008 Rome63 kg

Bıkçın took up taekwondo already aged eight. After winning the European and World championships, she married and became mother of a daughter, Zeynep. Hamide Bıkçın Tosun suspended her active fighting sports life in the years 1996 and 1997. She started again 1998 to perform taekwondo and represented Turkey at the 2000 Olympics.[2]

Achievements
  • 1995 World Taekwondo Championships in the Philippines – gold (Flyweight)
  • 2000 13th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Patras, Greece – gold (Bantamweight)[3]
  • 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia – bronze
  • 2002 7th Universiade in Berkeley, California, U.S. – gold (58 kg)[4]
  • 2002 Taekwondo Belgian Open in Lommel, Belgium – gold (Bantamweight)[5]
  • 2004 15th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Lilehammer, Norway – silver (Featherweight)[6]

References
  1. Hamide Bıkçın. sports-reference.com
  2. A Turkish Sports Page – Interview with Hamide Bikcin Archived 2012-07-22 at archive.today. Turkish-sports.atspace.org (2008-08-28). Retrieved on 2015-10-16.
  3. 13th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships. fullcontact.co.uk. May 4, 2000
  4. MİLLİYET İNTERNET – ALMANAK 2002. Milliyet.com.tr (1990-01-06). Retrieved on 2015-10-16.
  5. Chris Condron (April 8, 2002) TAEKWONDO- American Best medal at Belgian Open in Lommel, Belgium. U.S. Taekwondo Union. olympic-usa.org
  6. 15th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships. fullcontact.co.uk. May 6, 2004


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