Şule Azra Akbulut (born 2003) is a Turkish

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competing in the

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category.

Personal life

Akbulut was born in 2003. . She is a native of

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. She graduated from Gaziosmanpaşa Anadolu İmam Hatip High School in Istanbul.

Sports career

Early years

Akbulut started her sports career at the age of eight in 2011 in the Gaziosmanpaşa Belediye Sports Club, and won various medals in the age categories of domestic tournaments. In 2015, she debuted internationally at the 20th

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for Children held in

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, and won the gold medal in the individual kata event of her age group. In 2016, she took bronze medals in the U13 individual kata event and the U13-U14 team kata event at the 21st Balkan Championships for Children in

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, Serbia. She took the bronze medal with her teammates in the juniors team kata event at the 47th EKF Junior & Cadet and U21 Championships held in

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, Hungary in 2020.

Senior career

She won the bronze medal in the team kata event at the

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, Spain.

References

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