Dilara Bozan (born 28 March 1997) is a Turkish

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ka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's individual kata event at the

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. She is also a ten-time medalist, including gold, in this event at the European Karate Championships.

Career

Bozan won the bronze medal in the women's kata event at the

2015 European Games The 1st European Games (), also known as the 2015 European Games or Baku 2015 (), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the Europe ...

held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games () was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from May 12 to 22, 2017. Previously, the event was held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sch ...

held in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the 2018 European Karate Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, she won one of the bronze medals in both the individual and team kata events. In the same year, she also competed in the women's individual kata event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. In 2019, Bozan represented Turkey at the

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in Minsk, Belarus and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual kata event. In 2019, she also competed in the women's individual kata event at the

2019 World Beach Games The 2019 World Beach Games, () officially known as the ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 and commonly known as Qatar 2019, was the inaugural edition of the international beach and water multi-sport event organized by the Association of National ...

held in Doha, Qatar without winning a medal. In 2021, Bozan won the silver medal in her event at the European Karate Championships held in Poreč, Croatia. She qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France to represent Turkey at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo, Japan. Bozan won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey. She won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the

2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ‌The 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games () were the 5th edition of the event held from 9 to 18 August 2022 at Konya, Turkey under the aegis of Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF). It was the first time in history that the event was organise ...

held in Konya, Turkey. Bozan won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual kata event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She lost her bronze medal match in the women's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Bozan won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2024 European Karate Championships held in Zadar, Croatia.

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