Nur Tatar

Nur Tatar
Personal information
Full nameNur Tatar Askari
NationalityTurkish
Born (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992
Van, Turkey
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012)
Weight67 kg (148 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
EventWelterweight (67 kg)
ClubAnkara İller Bankası
Coached byCüneyt Gülçek
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
2012 London 67 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro 67 kg
World Championships
2017 Muju 67 kg
2019 Manchester 67 kg
2015 Chelyabinsk 67 kg
Grand Slam
2017 Wuxi 67 kg
European Championships
2012 Manchester 67 kg
2016 Montreux 67 kg
2010 St. Petersburg 67 kg
2021 Sofia 67 kg
2014 Baku 67 kg
European Games
2015 Baku 67 kg
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin 67 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku 67 kg
Grand Prix
2018 Fujairah 67 kg
2017 Rabat 67 kg
2017 Moscow 67 kg
2015 Mexico City 67 kg
2015 Manchester 67 kg
2019 Sofia 67 kg
2018 Manchester 67 kg
2015 Samsun 67 kg
2014 Manchester 67 kg

Nur Tatar Askari (born 16 August 1992) is a Turkish female taekwondo practitioner. She is a World and European champion, competing in the feather, light and welterweight divisions.[1] She is of Kurdish descent.[2]

She was a member of the TSE Sports Club in Ankara before she transferred to Ankara İller Bankası. She is coached by Cüneyt Gülçek.[3][4]

Nur Tatar won her first medal at the age of 15. She won twice the European Junior Taekwondo Championships, and reached to gold medals in A-class tournaments in Europe.[3] She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships held in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[5]

She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics[6] where she won the silver medal at 67 kg.[7] At the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey she became gold medalist.[8] She qualified again for olympics at 2016

She got married in 2017 to a former member of Iranian national taekwondo team Mehran Askari.[9]

Tournament record

Year Event Location G-Rank Place
2022 Sweden Open Stockholm G-1 3rd
2021 European Championships Sofia G-4 3rd
2020 Fujairah Open Fujairah G-1 1st
2019 World Championships Manchester G-12 2nd 
Grand Prix Sofia G-4 3rd
Extra European Championships Bari G-4 3rd
Spanish Open Castellon G-1 1st 
2018 Grand Slam Wuxi G-12 2nd
European Championships Kazan G-4 2nd
Grand Prix Fujairah G-8 1st
Grand Prix Manchester G-4 3rd 
Grand Slam - Qualification Wuxi G-4 2nd
Spanish Open Alicante G-1 1st 
2017 World Championships Muju G-12 1st 
Grand Prix Rabat G-4 1st
Grand Prix Moscow G-4 2nd
Turkish Open Antalya G-1 1st 
Slovenia Open Hamburg G-1 1st  
WT Presidents Cup - Europe Athen G-1 3rd  
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro G-20 3rd
European Championships Montreaux G-4 2nd   
European Clubs Championships Antalya G-1 1st
Turkish Open Antalya G-1 1st
Dutch Open Eindhoven G-1 1st
WT Presidents Cup - Europe Bonn G-1 3rd
Luxembourg Open Luxembourg G-1 3rd
2015 World Championships Chelyabinsk G-12 2nd
Grand Prix Mexico City G-8 2nd
Grand Prix Manchester G-4 2nd 
Grand Prix Samsun G-4 3rd 
European Games Baku G-4 3rd 
Universiade Gwangju G-2 3rd 
Croatia Open Zagreb G-1 1st
Ukraine Open Kharkiv G-1 1st 
Moldova Open Chișinău G-1 2nd 
Kazakhstan Open Almaty G-1 2nd
European Clubs Championships Antalya G-1 3rd  
Greece Open Thessaloniki G-1 3rd  
2014 European Championships Baku G-4 3rd
Grand Prix Manchester G-4 3rd 
Dutch Open Eindhoven G-1 2nd   
Trelleborg Open Trelleborg G-1 3rd  
Ukraine Open Kharkiv G-1 3rd  
2013 Dutch Open Eindhoven G-1 1st 
Spanish Open Alicante G-1 3rd 
2012 Olympic Games London G-20 2nd
European Championships Manchester G-4 1st 
Olympic Games qualification Europe Kazan G-4 1st
German Open Hamburg G-1 3rd 
2011 German Open Hamburg G-1 1st
Trelleborg Open Trelleborg G-1 3rd 
2010 European Championships Saint Petersburg G-4 2nd
European U-21 Championships Kharkiv G-4 1st 
Dutch Open Eindhoven G-1 1st  
2009 European U-21 Championships Vigo G-4 1st
European Junior Championships Trelleborg G-4 1st 
Spanish Open Alicante G-1 3rd   
2008 Belgian Open Herentals G-1 1st 
2007 European Junior Championships Baku G-1 3rd 

References

  1. ^ "Tatar, Nur". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Kürt'üm, ay yıldızlı bayrağı gururla taşıyorum". Sporaktif.com.tr (in Turkish). 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Nur Tatar". Herbalife Sports. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  4. ^ Güli Adnan (13 November 2009). "Vali Karaloğlu, Nur Tatar'ı altınla ödüllendirdi". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  5. ^ "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 19 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatklarında-Tekvando-Nur Tatar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Women's -67kg - Olympic Taekwondo". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Nur Tatar'dan altın madalya". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 22 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Nur Tatar, Mehran Askari ile evlendi! | Spor Haberleri". www.haberturk.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.