Cengiz Yağız

Cengiz Yağız
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1964-12-21) 21 December 1964
Ankara, Turkey
Sport
SportTaekwondo
EventMen's featherweight
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing Turkey
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Featherweight
World Championships
1985 Seoul Bantamweight

Cengiz Yağız (born 21 December 1964) is a silver medalist Olympian Turkish taekwondo practitioner. He served as the president of the Turkey Taekwondo Federation between 1996–2003.

Cengiz Yağız was born in Ankara, Turkey on 21 December 1964.[1]

Yağız won the silver medal in the featherweight division of the Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Yağız served as the president of the Turkey Taekwondo Federation from 1996 until 2003 .[2][3][4] In 2012, he declared his intention to run again for the presidentship.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cengiz Yağiz". Olympedia.
  2. ^ "Tarkwondo ve Tarihçe" (in Turkish). Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Tekvando Baskanı'na yeni bir suc duyurusu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 19 February 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Tekvandoda Cengiz Yağız başkan adayı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 13 September 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2021.