Zeynep Çelik (judoka)

Zeynep Çelik
Personal information
Born (1996-04-07) 7 April 1996 (age 28)
Ağrı, Turkey
OccupationJudoka
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportParalympic judo
ClubKocaeliBB Kağıt Spor
Coached byAhmet Ömre Türe
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 57 kg
IBSA World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Baku –57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Odivelas –57 kg
IBSA European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Walsall –57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Odivelas –52 kg
European Para Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Rotterdam –57 kg J2
International Tournaments
Gold medal – first place 2023 Heidelberg –57 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF65004
JudoInside.com99779

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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Zeynep Çelik". JudoInside.com. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Zeynep Çelik". TMPK.org.tr (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Görme Engelli Spor Dalları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Gençlik ve Spor. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Judoda Zeynep Çelik'ten altın madalya". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 17 November 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b c ">etnep Çelik'in madalya secinci". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  7. ^ 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. ^ a b "Zeynep Çelik, dünya şampiyonasından altın madalya ile döndü". Karamanın Sesi (in Turkish). 18 November 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Judo Milli Takımımız Almanya'da Madalyaları Yopladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Karamanlı Sporcu Zeynep Çelik Judoda Avrupa İkincisi Oldu". Uyanış (in Turkish). 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.


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