Zeynep Murat

Zeynep Murat Duran
Personal information
Birth name Zeynep Murat
Nationality Turkish
Born (1983-09-15) September 15, 1983
Kayseri, Turkey
Residence Kayseri, Turkey
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Taekwondo
Club İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Coached by Arzu Tan
Medal record
Women's Taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
2005 Madrid Bantamweight
2001 Jeju City Featherweight
World Cup
2001 Hochiminh City Featherweight
2000 Lyon Bantamweight
European Championships
2005 Riga Bantamweight
2004 Lillehammer Bantamweight
2002 Samsun Featherweight
2000 Patras Featherweight
Summer Universiade
2005 Izmir Bantamweight

Zeynep Murat Duran (born Zeynep Murat on September 15, 1983) is a European champion Turkish female Taekwondo practitioner.[1][2][3] She is a member of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..[4][5]

Zeynep Murat was born in Kayseri, Turkey.[3][6] She studied physical education and sports at Erciyes University in her hometown.[5][7]

At the age of 13, she began practising with initiative of her father Mehmet Murat, who wanted she becomes courageous.[5][8][9]She was coached in the beginning for about one year by Arzu Tan, a former world champion.[5][8]

Zeynep Murat took part at the 2000 Korean Open Tournament in Chuncheon, at ehich she won the gold medal in the juniors category and was named "Most Technical Junior Woman Athlete".[10] She took a gold medal at the 2000 World Cup in Lyon, France.[10] In 2004, Zeynep Murat became European champion in Lillehammer, Norway.[5][8][9] She won the silver medal at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, Spain.[11] The same year, she another silver medal at the European Championships held in Riga, Latvia.[2]

In 2007, Zeynep Murat Duran became again Turkish champion.[1]

Achievements

References

  1. 1 2 "Tekvando`da Madalya`ya Vurduk..." (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  2. 1 2 3 "Turkey Wins 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Murat, Zeynep". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  4. 1 2 "Zeynep Murat Dünya 2.`si" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. 2005-04-18. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Hem cesaret, hem madalya kazandı..." Milliyet (in Turkish). 2004-05-12. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  6. ↑ "Amator Sporlara Destek Cagrısı". Tribün Dergi (in Turkish). 2005-08-05. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  7. ↑ "55 kiloda Dünya birincisi olan Kayserili tekvandocu Zeynep Murat, ilgisizlikten yakınıyor : Hedefim, Pekin Olimpiyatları'na katılmak". TGRT (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Zeynep Murat'ın hedefi 2008 Pekin". Radikal (in Turkish). 2004-05-13. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  9. 1 2 3 "Tekvando Avrupa Şampiyonu Zeynep Murat destek sözü aldı". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2004-05-23. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Haberler 2000 Arşiv" (in Turkish). Turk TKD. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  11. 1 2 "Taekwondo silver for Zeynep Murat". Hürriyet Daily News. 2005-04-18. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  12. ↑ "Su cenneti Kızılcahamam". Zaman (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  13. ↑ "Azize Altina Vurdu...!" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. 2005-10-10. Retrieved 2014-02-17.


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