Zeynep Çelik (judoka)
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| Born | 7 April 1996 Ağrı, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | KocaeliBB Kağıt Spor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ahmet Ömre Türe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zeynep Çelik (born 7 April 1996)[1] is a Turkish world and European champion Paralympic judoka with visual impairment.[2]
Sport career
Çelik is 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) tall at 57 kg (126 lb). She is a member of Kocaeli BB Kağıt SK and is coached by Ahmet Ömre Türe. She has a visual impairment of sport disability classification B3.[3] Çelik won the bronze medal at the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships in Odivelas, Portugal.[3] She became gold medalist at the 2017 IBSA European Judo Championships in Walsall, United Kingdom,[4] and at the 2018 IBSA Judo World Championships in Odivelas, Portugal.[5] At the 2021 IBSA Judo World Grand Prix in Baku, Azerbaijan, she suffered a fracture on her left wrist. She was cured for two and half months before she attended the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[6] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[7] She took the gold medal at the 2022 IBSA Judo World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.[8] In 2023, she won the gold medal at the IBSA International German Open Tournament in Heidelberg, Germany.[9] She took the silver medal at the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[10]
Personal life
Zeynep Çelik was born as a daughter to a family with fifteen children in Ağrı, eastern Turkey on 7 April 1996.[3][6] She is disabled with a vidual impairment.[6] She studies Sports Coaching in the Faculty of Sports Sience at Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University in Karaman.[8]
References
- ↑ "Zeynep Çelik". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "Zeynep Çelik". JudoInside.com. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Zeynep Çelik". TMPK.org.tr (in Türkçe). Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ↑ "Görme Engelli Spor Dalları" (in Türkçe). Türkiye Gençlik ve Spor. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ↑ "Judoda Zeynep Çelik'ten altın madalya". CNN Türk (in Türkçe). 17 November 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 ">etnep Çelik'in madalya secinci". TRT Spor (in Türkçe). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ↑ Houston, Michael (28 August 2021). "Azerbaijan wins three golds on second day of judo at Tokyo 2020 Olympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Zeynep Çelik, dünya şampiyonasından altın madalya ile döndü". Karamanın Sesi (in Türkçe). 18 November 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ↑ "Judo Milli Takımımız Almanya'da Madalyaları Yopladı" (in Türkçe). Türkiye Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ↑ "Karamanlı Sporcu Zeynep Çelik Judoda Avrupa İkincisi Oldu". Uyanış (in Türkçe). 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
External links
- This article has no link in Wikidata
- CS1 Türkçe-language sources (tr)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Ağrı
- Turkish disabled sportspeople
- Parasports competitors
- Turkish female judoka
- 21st-century Turkish sportswomen
- Paralympic judoka for Turkey
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Turkey
- Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors
- Paralympic medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the European Para Championships