Zeynep Çelik

Zeynep Çelik (born 7 April 1996)[1] is a Turkish world and European champion Paralympic judoka with visual impairment.[2]

Zeynep Çelik
Personal information
Born (1996-04-07) 7 April 1996
Ağrı, Turkey
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportParalympic judo
ClubKocaeliBB Kağıt Spor
Coached byAhmet Ömre Türe
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 57 kg
IBSA World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Baku–57 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Odivelas–57 kg
IBSA European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Walsall–57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Odivelas–52 kg
European Para Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Rotterdam–57 kg J2
International Tournaments
Gold medal – first place2023 Heidelberg–57 kg

Sport career

Çelik is 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) tall at 57 kg (126 lb). She is a member of Kocaeli BB Kağıt SK and is coached by Ahmet Ömre Türe. She has a visual impairment of sport disability classification B3.[3]

Çelik won the bronze medal at the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships in Odivelas, Portugal.[3] She became gold medalist at the 2017 IBSA European Judo Championships in Walsall, United Kingdom,[4] and at the 2018 IBSA Judo World Championships in Odivelas, Portugal.[5] At the 2021 IBSA Judo World Grand Prix in Baku, Azerbaijan, she suffered a fracture on her left wrist. She was cured for two and half months before she attended the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[6] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[7] She took the gold medal at the 2022 IBSA Judo World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.[8] In 2023, she won the gold medal at the IBSA International German Open Tournament in Heidelberg, Germany.[9] She took the silver medal at the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[10]

Personal life

Zeynep Çelik was born as a daughter to a family with fifteen children in Ağrı, eastern Turkey on 7 April 1996.[3][6] She is disabled with a vidual impairment.[6]

She studies Sports Coaching in the Faculty of Sports Sicece at Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University in Karaman.[8]

References
  1. "Zeynep Çelik". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. "Zeynep Çelik". JudoInside.com. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. "Zeynep Çelik" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. "Görme Engelli Spor Dalları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Gençlik ve Spor. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  5. "Judoda Zeynep Çelik'ten altın madalya". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 17 November 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  6. ">etnep Çelik'in madalya secinci". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  7. Houston, Michael (28 August 2021). "Azerbaijan wins three golds on second day of judo at Tokyo 2020 Olympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  8. "Zeynep Çelik, dünya şampiyonasından altın madalya ile döndü". Karamanın Sesi (in Turkish). 18 November 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  9. "Judo Milli Takımımız Almanya'da Madalyaları Yopladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  10. "Karamanlı Sporcu Zeynep Çelik Judoda Avrupa İkincisi Oldu". Uyanış (in Turkish). 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.


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