Seçil Er
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Para Taekwondo | ||
Representing  Turkey
| ||
| World Championships | ||
 |
2021 Istanbul | K44 -65 kg |
| European Championships | ||
 |
2022 Manchester | K44 -65 kg |
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2021 Istanbul | K44 -65 kg |
| European Para Championships | ||
 |
2023 Rotterdam | K44 -65 kg |
Seçil Er is a Turkish world and European champion Para Taekwondo practitioner. She competes in the K44 event of the -65 kg class.
Personal life
[edit]Seçil Er is a native of Çankırı Province's Yukarı Pleitözü village.[1]
Sports career
[edit]Before switching over to Para Taekwondo, Er played Para-badminton. Motivated by a kickboxer friend of her, she initially wanted to practice Para Taekwondo as a hobby. Her friend's coach helped her enter the upcoming Turkish Para Taekwondo Championships. In 2019 at age 27, she started her Para Taekwondo career.[2]
She won the gold medal at the 2021 European Para Taekwondo Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey.[3] She became champion at the 2021 World Para Taekwondo Championships in Istanbul, Turkeyç[1] She took the silver medal at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dünya şampiyonu Seçil Er, memleketinde coşkuyla karşılandı". Fanatik (Turkey) (in Turkish). 19 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Dünya Şampiyonu Tekvandocu Seçil Er, Aydınlık'a konuştu: Başarının kapısını azim ve doğru antrenman açar!". Aydınlık (in Turkish). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Avrupa Para Taekwono Şampiyonası'nda Türk Rüzgarı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Türkiye tekvandoda Avrupa şampiyonu oldu". NTV (in Turkish). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Seçil Er at TaekwondoData.com
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- Turkish female taekwondo practitioners
- Paralympic taekwondo practitioners for Turkey
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the European Para Championships
- Sportspeople from Çankırı
- 21st-century Turkish sportswomen
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