Eray Şamdan Explained

Eray Şamdan
Birth Date:1997 7, df=y
Birth Place:Kocaeli, Turkey
Nationality:Turkish
Style:Karate Kumite

Eray Şamdan (born 25 July 1997)[1] is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite.[2] He won the silver medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[3] [4]

In 2018, he took the bronze medal in the Kumite 60 kg event at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain. He won the bronze medal in the Kumite −60 kg event at the 2019 European Karate Championships in Guadalajara, Spain, and the gold medal in the same event at the 2021 European Championships in Poreč, Croatia.

He qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France to represent Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

He won the gold medal in the men's 60kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[6] [7] In the final, he defeated Ala Salmi of Algeria.[8] He also won the gold medal in the men's 60kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[9] [10] A few months later, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[11]

He won the one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the 2024 European Karate Championships held in Zadar, Croatia.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's 60 kg Entry List by Event . https://web.archive.org/web/20220626214833/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/2022-06-25/KTEM60KG--------------------------__C32C_1.0.pdf . 26 June 2022 . 26 June 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  2. Web site: TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz . 12 August 2021 . 2021-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210812150456/https://www.turksporu.com.tr/sporcu-detay/eray--Samdan-1474 . dead.
  3. News: Palmer . Dan . 5 August 2021 . Sanchez the history-maker as karate makes highly-anticipated Olympic debut . InsideTheGames.biz . 5 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Karate Results Book . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf . 10 August 2021 . 10 August 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  5. News: Rowbottom . Mike . 11 June 2021 . Emotions run high as first nine earn Tokyo 2020 debut places at WKF final qualifier in Paris . InsideTheGames.biz . 11 June 2021.
  6. News: Lloyd . Owen . 26 June 2022 . Ouikene secures first Algerian gold medal of Oran 2022 Mediterranean Games . . 26 June 2022.
  7. News: 27 June 2022 . Algerian karatekas lead way to medals on Day 1 of Mediterranean Games . World Karate Federation . 27 June 2022.
  8. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705100714/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/ResultBook/GDM2022_KTE_v1.0.pdf . 5 July 2022 . 5 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  9. News: Burke . Patrick . 22 June 2023 . Canoe sprint double helps Ukraine top early medals table at Kraków-Małopolska 2023 . InsideTheGames.biz . 30 June 2023.
  10. News: 22 June 2023 . Summary of day 1 of Karate at European Games . European Karate Federation . 1 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230701134106/https://2022.europeankaratefederation.net/2023/06/22/summary-of-day-1-of-karate-at-european-games/ . 1 July 2023.
  11. Web site: 2023 World Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ . 29 October 2023 . 30 October 2023 . Sportdata.org.
  12. Web site: 2024 European Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240512153857/https://cdn.sportdata.org/e7e59c9f-1b6a-47b5-9885-d8e8e6520a4d/ . 12 May 2024 . 13 May 2024 . Sportdata.