Tuba Yenen Yakan (born Yenen on January 8, 1991) is a European champion

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competing in the

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55 kg division. She is a member of Kocaeli BB Kağıt SK. She won the gold medal in the women's 55kg event at the

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held in Budapest, Hungary. Born Tuba Yenen on January 8, 1991, she is married to national karateka Mehmet Yakan.

Achievements

;2015: *

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– 23 March,

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, TUR – kumite 55 kg, ;2017: *

– 6 May,

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, TUR – kumite 55 kg,

References

Living people 1991 births Turkish female karateka Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü sportspeople Kocaeli University alumni European champions for Turkey Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Karateka at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Karateka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in karate Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey European Games bronze medalists for Turkey Karateka at the 2015 European Games Karateka at the 2019 European Games Karateka at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in karate Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in karate 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Place of birth missing (living people) Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games {{Turkey-karate-bio-stub