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Rukiye Yıldırım

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Rukiye Yıldırım
Personal information
NationalityTurkey
Born (1991-02-12) February 12, 1991 (age 33)
Ankara, Turkey
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
EventFinweight
ClubKanka Taekwondo S.K.
Coached byHızır Pınaroğlu
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Manchester Flyweight (49kg)
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gyeongju Finweight (46kg)
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Montreux Finweight (46kg)
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Manchester Finweight (46kg)
Gold medal – first place 2010 St. Petersburg Finweight (46kg)
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Flyweight (49kg)
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin Flyweight (49kg)
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen Finweight (46kg)

Rukiye Yıldırım (born February 12, 1991 in Ankara) is a European champion Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the finweight division.[1][2]

She began with Taekwondo in 2002 in Kanka Taekwondo S.K. in Ankara, where she is coached by Hızır Pınaroğlu. She is representing her country at international events since 2007.[1]

Rukiye Yıldırım won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships held in Gyeongju, South Korea.[3] She is the gold medalist of 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in finweigth.[4]

She won the silver medalist in the Flyweight (49kg) division at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rukiye Yıldırım" (in Turkish). Sakin Taekwondo. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  2. ^ +"Tekvadoda tarih yazdık". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  3. ^ "Rukiye ve Rıdvan'dan bronz geldi". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  4. ^ "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 2011-11-19.
  5. ^ "Rukiye Yıldırım gümüş madalyada kaldı". Haberdem (in Turkish). 2013-06-21. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-22.