Nur Tatar

Nur Tatar Askari (born August 16, 1992 in Van, Turkey) is a world and European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the feather, light and welterweight divisions.[1] She is of Kurdish descent.[2]

Nur Tatar
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1992-08-16) August 16, 1992
Van, Turkey
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012)
Weight67 kg (148 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)Welterweight (67 kg)
ClubAnkara İller Bankası
Coached byCüneyt Gülçek

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
2022Sweden OpenSweden StockholmG-13rd
2021European ChampionshipsBulgaria SofiaG-43rd
2020Fujairah OpenUnited Arab Emirates FujairahG-11st
2019World ChampionshipsUnited Kingdom ManchesterG-122nd 
Grand PrixBulgaria SofiaG-43rd
Extra European ChampionshipsItaly BariG-43rd
Spanish OpenSpain CastellonG-11st 
2018Grand SlamChina WuxiG-122nd
European ChampionshipsRussia KazanG-42nd
Grand PrixUnited Arab Emirates FujairahG-81st
Grand PrixUnited Kingdom ManchesterG-43rd 
Grand Slam - QualificationChina WuxiG-42nd
Spanish OpenSpain AlicanteG-11st 
2017World ChampionshipsSouth Korea MujuG-121st 
Grand PrixMorocco RabatG-41st
Grand PrixRussia MoscowG-42nd
Turkish OpenTurkey AntalyaG-11st 
Slovenia OpenGermany HamburgG-11st  
WT Presidents Cup - EuropeGreece AthenG-13rd  
2016Olympic GamesBrazil Rio de JaneiroG-203rd
European ChampionshipsFrance MontreauxG-42nd   
European Clubs ChampionshipsTurkey AntalyaG-11st
Turkish OpenTurkey AntalyaG-11st
Dutch OpenNetherlands EindhovenG-11st
WT Presidents Cup - EuropeGermany BonnG-13rd
Luxembourg OpenLuxembourg LuxemburgG-13rd
2015World ChampionshipsRussia ChelyabinskG-122nd
Grand PrixMexico Mexico CityG-82nd
Grand PrixUnited Kingdom ManchesterG-42nd 
Grand PrixTurkey SamsunG-43rd 
European GamesAzerbaijan BakuG-43rd 
UniversiadeSouth Korea GwangjuG-23rd 
Croatia OpenCroatia ZagrebG-11st
Ukraine OpenUkraine KharkivG-11st 
Moldova OpenMoldova ChisinauG-12nd 
Kazakhstan OpenKazakhstan AlmatyG-12nd
European Clubs ChampionshipsTurkey AntalyaG-13rd  
Greece OpenGreece ThessalonikiG-13rd  
2014European ChampionshipsAzerbaijan BakuG-43rd
Grand PrixUnited Kingdom ManchesterG-43rd 
Dutch OpenNetherlands EindhovenG-12nd   
Trelleborg OpenSweden TrelleborgG-13rd  
Ukraine OpenUkraine KharkivG-13rd  
2013Dutch OpenNetherlands EindhovenG-11st 
Spanish OpenSpain AlicanteG-13rd 
2012Olympic GamesUnited Kingdom LondonG-202nd
European ChampionshipsUnited Kingdom ManchesterG-41st 
Olympic Games qualification EuropeRussia KazanG-41st
German OpenGermany HamburgG-13rd 
2011German OpenGermany HamburgG-11st
Trelleborg OpenSweden TrelleborgG-13rd 
2010European ChampionshipsRussia St. PetersburgG-42nd
European U-21 ChampionshipsUkraine KharkivG-41st 
Dutch OpenNetherlands EindhovenG-11st  
2009European U-21 ChampionshipsSpain VigoG-41st
European Junior ChampionshipsSweden TrelleborgG-41st 
Spanish OpenSpain AlicanteG-13rd   
2008Belgian OpenBelgium HerentalsG-11st 
2007European Junior ChampionshipsAzerbaijan BakuG-13rd 

References

  1. "Tatar, Nur". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  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 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  4. Güli Adnan (2009-11-13). "Vali Karaloğlu, Nur Tatar'ı altınla ödüllendirdi". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  5. "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 2011-11-19.
  6. "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatklarında-Tekvando-Nur Tatar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  7. "Women's -67kg - Olympic Taekwondo". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  8. "Nur Tatar'dan altın madalya". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2013-06-22. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  9. "Nur Tatar, Mehran Askari ile evlendi! | Spor Haberleri". www.haberturk.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-13.
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