Servet Tazegül

Servet Tazegül
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born (1988-09-26) September 26, 1988
Nürnberg, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) (2012)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb) (2012)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) Featherweight (−68 kg)
Club Gaziosmanpaşa Belediyesi Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking 1st

Servet Tazegül (pronounced [ˈseɾvet ˈtazeˈɟyl] (born September 26, 1988) is a world, Olympic and European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner of Azerbaijani origin[1][2][3] competing in the featherweight division.

He competed in the men's 68 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China and won the bronze medal. Tazegül qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics[4] and went on to beat Iran's Mohammad Bagheri Motamed in the final, with a score of 6-5, winning the gold medal.[5][6]

At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey, he won the bronze medal in the 68 kg event.

Recognition

A 2013-built, multi-purpose indoor arena in Mersin with 7,500 seating capacity is named in his honor.[7]

References

  1. "Kürt değilim ama..." Radikal (in Turkish). 2012-08-11.
  2. Milli tekvandocu Servet Tazegül (Kars Doğumlu Azerbaycan Türk'ü) olimpiya şampyonu oldu (in Turkish)
  3. Türkiye’ye Olimpiyatlarda ilk altın madalyayı getiren sporcu Azerbaycan Türkü Archived 2014-01-07 at the Wayback Machine. (in Turkish)
  4. "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında - Tekvando- Servet Tazegül" (in Turkish). GSB.
  5. "Servet İlk Altın'ı Getirdi" (in Turkish).
  6. "Tazegul takes tight fight for gold".
  7. "Akdeniz Oyunları için geri sayım". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-05-14.


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