İbrahim Tataroğlu (born 1 January 2006) is a Turkish Olympian

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who competes in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division.

Sport career

Tataroğlu is a member of Kocaeli BB Kağıt SC.

2022

Tataroğlu won the bronze medal in the +90 kg event at the 2022 European Cadet Championships in

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, Croatia.

2023

He took the bronze medal in the +100 kg event at the

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in Turkey. Tataroğlu became world cadet champion in the +90 kg event at the 2023 World Cadets Championships in

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, Croatia. At the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival in

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, Slovenia, he captured the gold medal ic the +90 kg event, and another gold medal in the Mixed team event with ten teammates. He won the siver medal in +100 kg at the 2023 World Juniors Championships n

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, Portugal. He lost the Round of 16 match to Dutch Jelle Snippe in the +100 kg of the 023 European Championships in Montpellier, France. Tataroğlu was named the "Best Cadet Judoka of 2023 in Europe" in the +100 kg category by the European Judo Union.

2024

Tataroğlu failed to advance further from the Round of 16 in the +100 kg event of the 2024 World Judo Championships – Men's +100 kg, 2024 World Championships in

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, United Arab Emirates. He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Grand Slam Astana in Kazakhstan, and so received a quota to represent his country at the

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, France. He defeated Sloven Enej Marinič in the Round of 32, but lost to South Korean

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and was eliminated.

Personal life

İbrahim Tataroğlu was born in

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in 2006.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tataroglu, Iİbrahim 2006 births Living people Sportspeople from İzmit Turkish male judoka 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü sportspeople Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Turkey Medalists at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival