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Serap Özçelik

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Serap Özçelik
Özçelik at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games
Born (1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 36)
Istanbul, Turkey
Other namesSerap Özçelik Arapoğlu
ResidenceIstanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Division-50 kg
StyleKarate, kumite
TeamEGO SK
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Turkey
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cali Kumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Wrocław Kumite −50 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bremen Kumite −50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Madrid Kumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Paris Kumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Paris Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Bremen Team kumite
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Kumite −50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Kumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Kumite −50 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Zürich Kumite −50 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Adeje Kumite −50 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Adeje Team kumite
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tampere Kumite −50 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tampere Team kumite
Gold medal – first place 2018 Novi Sad Kumite −50 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Poreč Kumite −50 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gaziantep Kumite −50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Budapest Kumite −50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Montpellier Kumite −50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 İzmit Team kumite
Silver medal – second place 2023 Guadalajara Kumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Tallinn Kumite −53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Athens Kumite −55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Istanbul Kumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Istanbul Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Montpellier Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2017 İzmit Kumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Guadalajara Kumite −50 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Baku Kumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya Kumite −50 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Kumite −50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona Kumite −50 kg
World University Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Wrocław Kumite −53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 New York City Kumite −53 kg

Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu (born 18 February 1988) is a Turkish karateka, who competes in the kumite 50–53 kg divisions.[1][2] She won a world title in 2014 and a European title in 2011, 2012 and 2014.[3]

Özçelik took up karate in 2000 at Eyüp, Istanbul, and in 2005 was included to the national team. She is a member of EGO Sport Club in Ankara. Özçelik works as a teacher of physical education in Yaşar Doğu Primary School in Kağıthane, Istanbul.[4]

At the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[5] In the final she defeated Alexandra Recchia of France.

She represented Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She competed in the women's 55 kg event.[7]

She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[8]

She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Serap Ozcelik". Karate Records. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Karate – Ozcelik Serap". Pescara 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. ^ "2011 European Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. ^ Turna, Seyfullah (31 May 2012). "Kağıthanedeki Avrupa Fatihi Ögretmen..." (in Turkish). Ajans Kağıthane. Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2013 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. ^ Pavitt, Michael (26 May 2021). "WKF confirm first 40 qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 karate competition". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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