İrem Yaman

İrem Yaman
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1995-08-04) August 4, 1995
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Taekwondo, kickboxing
Event(s) Lightweight
College team Hacettepe University Taekwondo Team
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's taekwondo
World Championships
2015 Chelyabinsk62 kg
Grand Slam
2017 Wuxi57 kg
Grand Prix
2018 Moscow57 kg
2018 Taoyuan57 kg
2015 Samsun67 kg
2017 Rabat67 kg
European Championships
2016 Montreux62 kg
2018 Kazan62 kg
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona 57 kg
Universiade
2017 Taipei62 kg
2015 Gwangju62 kg
European U21 Championships
2014 Innsbruck67 kg
2015 Bukarest62 kg
Updated on 20 September 2018.

İrem Yaman (born August 4, 1995) is a world champion Turkish female taekwondo athlete competing in the lightweight division, and an amateur kickboxer.

Private life

İrem Yaman was born on August 4, 1995. She began practising taekwondo at the age of eight.[1]

She studied Physical Education and Sports at Hacettepe University in Ankara,[2] and was a member of the university's taekwondo team.[3] After earning her Bachelor's degree, she went on to conduct study for a Master's degree at Selçuk University's Sports Department in Konya.[1]

Sports career

Kickboxing

İrem Yaman won the bronze medal in the +70 kg semi-contact category at the 2012 WAKO World Kickboxing Championships for Cadets and Juniors held in Bratislava, Slovakia.[4] The next year, she fought a silver medal at the W.A.K.O. European Kickboxing Championships 2013 for Juniors held in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.[5]

Taekwondo

Yaman debuted internationally in taekwondo in 2014,[1] and became gold medalist at the European Under 21 Championship in Innsbruck, Austria in 2014,[6] and continued her success by winning another gold medals at tournaments in 2015 including Turkish Open in Antalya, Luxor Open in Luxor, Egypt, Ukraine Open in Kharkov and Moldova Open in Chisinau.[7][8][9] At age 18, she became world champion at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia.[10][11][12]

As of 2018, she ranks first in the World Taekwondo's 62 kg list with 253.81 points.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "İrem Yaman kimdir kaç yaşında?". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  2. ↑ "İrem Yaman" (in Turkish). Çankaya Savunma Sanatları Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Hacettepe Üniversitesi Taekwondo Takımı" (in Turkish). Hacettepe Üniversitesi. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  4. ↑ "Genç Milli Kick Boks Takımımız Ringi Dünyaya Dar Etti" (in Turkish). Türkiye Kick Boks Federasyonu. 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  5. ↑ "Türkiye, Avrupa Kick Boks'tan madalyalarla dönüyor". Spor X (in Turkish). 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  6. ↑ Durak, Onur Emre (2014-09-27). "İrem Yaman ile Berkcan Süngü, Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  7. ↑ "Yaman, Irem". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  8. ↑ "Tekvando Milli Takımı Ukrayna'da coştu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  9. ↑ "Moldova Açık Taekwondo Şampiyonası" (in Turkish). Koyuncuspor. 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  10. ↑ "Turkish teen wins gold at World Taekwondo Championship". Anadolu Agency. 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  11. ↑ "İrem Yaman dünya şampiyonu oldu". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  12. ↑ "İrem Yaman Dünya şampiyonu..." Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
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