Döndü Güvenç Explained

Döndü Güvenç
Birth Date:1978 4, df=yes
Sport:Taekwondo

Döndü Güvenç (born 6 April 1978) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner. She competed in the semifinals of the 2000 Summer Olympics's Women's 49 kg category and won a total of two gold, three silver and two bronze medals in international events.

Career

During the 1996 Balkan Championships, Güvenç secured a bronze medal. Two years later, she won the silver medal in 1998 European Taekwondo Championships's women's flyweight event and another bronze in Taekwondo World Cup.[1] [2] After securing the second position at the 1999 Taekwondo qualifiers for the 2000 Summer Olympics to be held in Sydney, Güvenç went on to represent Turkey in Olympic's Women's 49 kg event and finished in the fifth position. She advanced till the semifinals, where she lost to Cuba's Urbia Melendez and in the repêchage round Chi Shu-ju of Taiwan defeated her.[3] [4] She obtained another silver at the Taekwondo World Cup organised in the same year.

Güvenç won gold medals in 51 kg category at the 2002 European Championship and 2003 German Open.[5] She has been coached by Fahrettin Yildiz.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taekwondo Gurur Tablosu. Taekwondo Honour Table. TurkTKD. 18 November 2017. Turkish. 19 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151119190950/http://www.turktkd.com/makaleler/42-genel-makaleler/146-tekvando-gurur-tablosu.html. dead.
  2. Web site: 12th European Taekwondo Championships. European Taekwondo Union. 17 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206054921/http://www.etutaekwondo.org/EMEindhoven98.htm. 6 February 2012.
  3. Web site: Güvenç, Döndü. TaekwondoData. 18 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Döndü Güvenç. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031548/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/dondu-guvenc-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports Reference. 17 November 2017.
  5. Web site: 14th European Taekwondo Championships. European Taekwondo Union. 17 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206055019/http://www.etutaekwondo.org/EMSamsun02.htm. 6 February 2012.
  6. Web site: YÖNETİM KURULU ÜYE BİLGİ FORMU. MEMBER FORM OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Turkish Athletic Federation. 18 November 2017. Turkish.