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Rukiye Yıldırım

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Rukiye Yıldırım
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1991-02-12) February 12, 1991 (age 33)
Ankara, Turkey
EducationSports science
Alma materSelçuk University
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
EventFinweight (46 kg)
ClubAnkara İlbank SK
Coached byAli Şahin
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Guadalajara 46 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gyeongju 46 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Manchester 49 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Petersburg 46 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kazan 46 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Manchester 46 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Montreux 46 kg
Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Rabat 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Taoyuan 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Moscow 49 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 46 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 49 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin 49 kg
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen 46 kg

Rukiye Yıldırım (born February 12, 1991, in Ankara) is a European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner competing in the finweight division.[1][2] She is a graduate student in the School of Sports science at Selçuk University in Konya.[3]

She began with Taekwondo in 2002 in Kanka Taekwondo S.K. in Ankara, where she is coached by Hızır Pınaroğlu. She is representing her country at international events since 2007.[1]

Rukiye Yıldırım won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships held in Gyeongju, South Korea.[4] She is the gold medalist of 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in finweigth.[5]

She won the silver medalist in the Flyweight (49kg) division at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rukiye Yıldırım" (in Turkish). Sakin Taekwondo. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. ^ +"Tekvadoda tarih yazdık". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 16 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Zeliha Ağrıs Avrupa şampiyonu". Yeni Meram (in Turkish). Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Rukiye ve Rıdvan'dan bronz geldi". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 5 May 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  5. ^ "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 19 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Rukiye Yıldırım gümüş madalyada kaldı". Haberdem (in Turkish). 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
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