Kutluhan Duran

Kutluhan Duran (born 27 June 2000) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kata discipline of karate.[1]

Kutluhan Duran
Kutluhan Duran (2018)
Born (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000
Antalya, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Turkey
Europeand Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Guadalajara Ind. Kata

Duran started his sports career at the age of eight, taking his first medal already at the 2008 Turkish championship. He then continued winning various medals in the age categories of domestic competitions. He debuted internationally at the 2017 European Karate Junior Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria, and won the gold medal in the kata team cadet and junior category.[2][3] At the 2018 Karate 1 Premier League tournament held in Berlin, Germany in 2018, he shared the bronze medal in the team kata event with his teammates Emre Vefa Göktaş and Ali Sofuoğlu.[4] He took the silver medal at the 2019 Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate World Championship in Santiago, Chile.[1] In 2019, he and his teammates Sofuoğlu and Göktaş became champion in the team kata event at the Karate 1 - Series A tournament in Salzburg, Austria,[5] and at the Karate 1 Premier League tournament in Moscow, Russia.[6] He won the bronze medal in the individual kata event at the 2023 European Karate Championships in Guadalajara, Spain.[7]

References
  1. "Kutluhan Duran" (in Turkish). Türkiye Karate Federasyonu. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  2. "Kutluhan Duran" (in Turkish). Türkiye Karate Federasypnu. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  3. "44th EKF Junior, Cadet and U21 Championships - Sonuçlar". World Karate Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  4. "Karatede milli sporculardan 4 madalya". Ajans Spor (in Turkish). 16 September 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  5. Çakar, Ercan (3 March 2019). "Milli karetecilerden 5 madalya". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  6. "Moskova'da üç madalya kazandık" (in Turkish). Türkiye Karate Federasyonu. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  7. "Milli karateciler, Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda 9 madalya aldı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 25 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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