Nur Tatar

Nur Tatar
Personal information
Full nameNur Tatar Askari
NationalityTurkish
Born (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 32)
Van, Turkey
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012)
Weight67 kg (148 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
EventWelterweight (67 kg)
ClubAnkara İller Bankası
Coached byCüneyt Gülçek
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 67 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Muju 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Manchester 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Chelyabinsk 67 kg
Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wuxi 67 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Manchester 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Montreux 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 St. Petersburg 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Sofia 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Baku 67 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku 67 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin 67 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 67 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2018 Fujairah 67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rabat 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Moscow 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Mexico City 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Manchester 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Sofia 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Manchester 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Samsun 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Manchester 67 kg

Nur Tatar Askari (born 16 August 1992) is a Turkish female taekwondo practitioner. She is a World and European champion, competing in the feather, light and welterweight divisions.[1] She is of Kurdish descent.[2]

She was a member of the TSE Sports Club in Ankara before she transferred to Ankara İller Bankası. She is coached by Cüneyt Gülçek.[3][4]

Nur Tatar won her first medal at the age of 15. She won twice the European Junior Taekwondo Championships, and reached to gold medals in A-class tournaments in Europe.[3] She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships held in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[5]

She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics[6] where she won the silver medal at 67 kg.[7] At the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey she became gold medalist.[8] She qualified again for olympics at 2016

She got married in 2017 to a former member of Iranian national taekwondo team Mehran Askari.[9]

  1. ^ "Tatar, Nur". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Kürt'üm, ay yıldızlı bayrağı gururla taşıyorum". Sporaktif.com.tr (in Turkish). 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Nur Tatar". Herbalife Sports. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  4. ^ Güli Adnan (13 November 2009). "Vali Karaloğlu, Nur Tatar'ı altınla ödüllendirdi". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  5. ^ "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 19 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatklarında-Tekvando-Nur Tatar" (in Turkish). GSB. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Women's -67kg - Olympic Taekwondo". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Nur Tatar'dan altın madalya". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 22 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Nur Tatar, Mehran Askari ile evlendi! | Spor Haberleri". www.haberturk.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.