Sümeyye Manz

Sumeyye Manz (born Güleç on October 30, 1989, in Nürnberg) is a German taekwondo practitioner of Turkish descent.[1]

Sümeyye Manz
Personal information
Birth nameSümeyye Güleç
NationalityGerman
Born (1989-10-30) October 30, 1989
Nürnberg, West Germany
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) (2012)
Weight49 kg (108 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)Flyweight, Finweight
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Women's Taekwondo
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Madrid Finweight
Bronze medal – third place2011 GyeongjuFinweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Rome Finweight

She won the gold medal at the 2008 European Taekwondo Championships in Rome. She became bronze medalist at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, Spain and 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, South Korea.

She represented Germany at the 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics she was defeated in the first round by Dalia Contreras.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 49kg competition, but was defeated in the first round by Yang Shu-Chun.[2]

Sümeyye Güleç is married to Daniel Manz, also a German national taekwondo practitioner.

References

  1. "London2012.com". Archived from the original on 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  2. "Sumeyye Gulec-Manz Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-10-20.


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