Ayşegül Ergin Boyalı (born Ayşegül Ergin in 1971) is a former

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female

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practitioner. At the

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, Spain, she competed for

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, and became the runner-up after losing to Tung Ya-Ling from

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in the final game. The Taekwondo competitions were held as demonstration sport, and therefore no medals were awarded. She is married to World Taekwondo Championship medalist

Ekrem Boyalı Ekrem Boyalı (born 15 July 1970) is an Olympian Turkish former Taekwondo practitioner and coach. Early years and family life Ekrem Boyalı was born on 15 July 1970 in Konya, Turkey. In 1998, Boyalı went to the United States to complete his uni ...

Achievements

* 1991 Intern. German Championships -

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, Germany -55 kg * 1991 World Championships -

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, Greece -55 kg * 1992 Pre-Olympic Games -

, Spain -55 kg * 1994 European Championships -

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, Croatia -55 kg

References

1971 births Place of birth missing (living people) Turkish female taekwondo practitioners Turkish female martial artists Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Turkey Taekwondo practitioners at the 1992 Summer Olympics Living people World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Taekwondo Championships medalists 20th-century Turkish sportswomen 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-taekwondo-bio-stub