Serap Özçelik Explained

Serap Özçelik
Birth Date:1988 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Other Names:Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu
Residence:Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality:Turkish
Weight Class:-50 kg
Style:Karate, kumite
Team:EGO SK

Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu (born 18 February 1988) is a Turkish karateka, who competes in the kumite 50–53 kg divisions.[1] [2] She won a world title in 2014 and a European title in 2011, 2012 and 2014.[3]

Özçelik took up karate in 2000 at Eyüp, Istanbul, and in 2005 was included to the national team. She is a member of EGO Sport Club in Ankara. Özçelik works as a teacher of physical education in Yaşar Doğu Primary School in Kağıthane, Istanbul.[4]

At the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[5] In the final she defeated Alexandra Recchia of France.

She represented Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She competed in the women's 55 kg event.[7]

She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[8]

She won the silver medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Serap Ozcelik . Karate Records . 21 May 2011.
  2. Web site: Karate – Ozcelik Serap . Pescara 2009 . 24 November 2012 . 3 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090703011309/http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/ZZ/ZZB101A_KAXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_number=58.htm . dead .
  3. Web site: 2011 European Karate Championships Medalists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200831152825/http://www.rfek.es/images/pdf/europa/senior/senior2011.pdf . 31 August 2020 . 23 May 2021 . World Karate Federation.
  4. Web site: Kağıthanedeki Avrupa Fatihi Ögretmen... . Ajans Kağıthane . Turna, Seyfullah . 31 May 2012 . Turkish . 24 November 2012 . 26 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121126071827/http://www.ajanskagithane.com/haber-677-Kagithanedeki-Avrupa-Fatihi-Ogretmen.html . dead .
  5. Web site: Karate Medalists by Event . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200815221055/https://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C93_9.0.pdf . 15 August 2020 . 15 August 2020 . 2013 World Games.
  6. News: Pavitt . Michael . 26 May 2021 . WKF confirm first 40 qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 karate competition . InsideTheGames.biz . 23 June 2021.
  7. 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.
  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. Web site: Karate Medalists by Event . https://web.archive.org/web/20230624075000/https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/KTE/EG2023_KTE_C93_KTE-------------------------------.pdf . 24 June 2023 . 2 July 2023 . 2023 European Games.