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Mert Tuncer
Mert Tuncer (born 11 February 1975) is a Turkish former taekwondo practitioner who won multiple medals at the European Taekwondo Championships in the 1990s and early 2000s. His achievements include two gold medals, one silver, and one bronze across different weight categories between 1994 and 2002. Career Mert Tuncer competed internationally in the men's flyweight and bantamweight divisions during the 1990s and early 2000s. He won his first major medal, a silver, at the 1994 European Championships in Zagreb in the –50 kg category. In 1998, he secured his first European Championship gold medal at Eindhoven in the –54 kg weight class. He continued to perform strongly with a bronze in 2000 in Patras and another gold medal in 2002 when the event was held in Samsun, Turkey. Tuncer's consistent success at the European level contributed to raising Turkey's profile in international taekwondo during that era. References 1975 births Living people Turkish male taekwondo pract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo
Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In addition to its five tenets of courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit, the sport requires three physical skills: ''poomsae'' (, Form), ''kyorugi'' (, Sparring) and ''gyeokpa'' (, Breaking Technique). Poomsae are patterns that demonstrate a range of kicking, punching and blocking techniques, kyorugi involves the kind of sparring seen in the Olympics, and gyeokpa is the art of breaking wooden boards. Taekwondo also sometimes involves the use of weapons such as swords and nunchucks (nunchaku). Taekwondo practitioners wear a uniform known as a . Taekwondo is a combat sport which was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate and Chinese martial ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Taekwondo Championships
The European Taekwondo Championships are the European senior championships in Taekwondo, first held in Barcelona in 1976. The event is held every two years and is organized by the European Taekwondo Union, the continental affiliate of World Taekwondo, which organises and controls Olympic style taekwondo. An additional event, the ''G4 Extra European Taekwondo Championships'' were exceptionally held in 2019. The championships should not be confused with: * the European Games taekwondo competitions, which form part of a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition; * the EITF European Taekwondo Championships, a championships organised by the European International Taekwondo Federation, the continental arm of the International Taekwondo Federation. *the European Taekwondo Championships Olympic Weight Categories, also organised by the ETU but only a G-1 ranked tournament while the European Taekwondo Championships are ranked as a G-4 tournament and also the most important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 European Taekwondo Championships
The 1998 European Taekwondo Championships were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether .... The event took place from 23 to 25 October, 1996. Medals table Medal summary Men Women References External links European Taekwondo Union {{EC Taekwondo 1998 in taekwondo European Taekwondo Championships International sports competitions hosted by the Netherlands 1998 in European sport 1998 in Dutch sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 European Taekwondo Championships
The 2002 European Taekwondo Championships were held in Samsun, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen .... The event took place from 26 to 29 May, 2002. Medal summary Men Women References External links European Taekwondo Union {{EC Taekwondo European Taekwondo Championships International taekwondo competitions hosted by Turkey 2002 in taekwondo 2002 in European sport 2002 in Turkish sport Sports competitions in Samsun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 European Taekwondo Championships
The 1994 European Taekwondo Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze .... The event took place from 28 to 30 October, 1994. Medals table Medal summary Men Women References External links European Taekwondo Union {{EC Taekwondo 1994 in taekwondo European Taekwondo Championships International sports competitions hosted by Croatia 1994 in European sport 1994 in Croatian sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 European Taekwondo Championships
The 2000 European Taekwondo Championships were held in Patras, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th .... The event took place from 4 to 7 May, 2000. Medal summary Men Women References External links European Taekwondo Union {{EC Taekwondo European Taekwondo Championships International sports competitions hosted by Greece 2000 in taekwondo 2000 in European sport 2000 in Greek sport Sports competitions in Patras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Births
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Living People
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Turkish Male Taekwondo Practitioners
Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The word that Iranian Azerbaijanis use for the Azerbaijani language * Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkey), 1299–1922, previously sometimes known as the Turkish Empire ** Ottoman Turkish, the Turkish language used in the Ottoman Empire * Turkish Airlines, an airline * Turkish music (style), a musical style of European composers of the Classical music era * Turkish, a character in the 2000 film '' Snatch'' See also * * * Turk (other) * Turki (other) * Turkic (other) * Turkey (other) * Turkiye (other) * Turkish Bath (other) * Turkish population, the number of ethnic Turkish people in the world * Culture of Turkey * History of Turkey ** History of the Republic of Turkey * Turkic languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Taekwondo Championships Medalists
European, or Europeans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe and other Western countries * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the European Union ** European Union citizenship ** Demographics of the European Union In publishing * ''The European'' (1953 magazine), a far-right cultural and political magazine published 1953–1959 * ''The European'' (newspaper), a British weekly newspaper published 1990–1998 * ''The European'' (2009 magazine), a German magazine first published in September 2009 *''The European Magazine'', a magazine published in London 1782–1826 *''The New European'', a British weekly pop-up newspaper first published in July 2016 Other uses * * Europeans (band), a British post-punk group, from Bristol See also * * * Europe (other) * The Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
