Serap Özçelik

Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu (born February 18, 1988) is a Turkish karateka, who competes in the kumite 50–53 kg divisions.[1][2] She won a world title in 2014 and a European title in 2011, 2012 and 2014.[3]

Serap Özçelik
Özçelik at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games
Born (1988-02-18) February 18, 1988
Istanbul, Turkey
Other namesSerap Özçelik Arapoğlu
ResidenceIstanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Division-50 kg
StyleKarate, kumite
TeamEGO SK
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Turkey
World Games
Gold medal – first place2013 CaliKumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 WrocławKumite −50 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 BremenKumite −50 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 MadridKumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 ParisKumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 ParisTeam kumite
Bronze medal – third place2014 BremenTeam kumite
European Games
Gold medal – first place2015 BakuKumite −50 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskKumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaKumite −50 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 ZürichKumite −50 kg
Gold medal – first place2012 AdejeKumite −50 kg
Gold medal – first place2012 AdejeTeam kumite
Gold medal – first place2014 TampereKumite −50 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 TampereTeam kumite
Gold medal – first place2018 Novi SadKumite −50 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 PorečKumite −50 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 GaziantepKumite −50 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 BudapestKumite −50 kg
Silver medal – second place2016 MontpellierKumite −50 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 İzmitTeam kumite
Silver medal – second place2023 GuadalajaraKumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2008 TallinnKumite −53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2010 AthensKumite −55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 IstanbulKumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 IstanbulTeam kumite
Bronze medal – third place2016 MontpellierTeam kumite
Bronze medal – third place2017 İzmitKumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 GuadalajaraKumite −50 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 BakuKumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 KonyaKumite −50 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 MersinKumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 TarragonaKumite −50 kg
World University Championships
Silver medal – second place2008 WrocławKumite −53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2006 New York CityKumite −53 kg

Özçelik took up karate in 2000 at Eyüp, Istanbul, and in 2005 was included to the national team. She is a member of EGO Sport Club in Ankara. Özçelik works as a teacher of physical education in Yaşar Doğu Primary School in Kağıthane, Istanbul.[4]

At the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[5] In the final she defeated Alexandra Recchia of France.

She represented Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She competed in the women's 55 kg event.[7]

She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[8]

She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[9]

References
  1. "Serap Ozcelik". Karate Records. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  2. "Karate – Ozcelik Serap". Pescara 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. "2011 European Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. Turna, Seyfullah (31 May 2012). "Kağıthanedeki Avrupa Fatihi Ögretmen..." (in Turkish). Ajans Kağıthane. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  5. "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2013 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. Pavitt, Michael (26 May 2021). "WKF confirm first 40 qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 karate competition". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  9. "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.


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