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]
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| Born | 18 February 1988 Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | -50 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Karate, kumite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | EGO SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
edit- ^ "Serap Ozcelik". Karate Records. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ "Karate – Ozcelik Serap". Pescara 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ^ "2011 European Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2013 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (26 May 2021). "WKF confirm first 40 qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 karate competition". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
External links
edit- Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu – World Karate Federation ranking
- Serap Özcelik at KarateRec.com
- Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu at Olympics.com
- Serap Özçelik at Olympedia
- Serap Özçelik at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
- "Delihasan: Bu Gurur Hepimizin" (in Turkish). Türkiye Karate Federasyonu. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- "Serap Özçelik, Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda dördüncü kez bronz madalya kazandı". Euro Sport Karate (in Turkish). 6 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
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