Görkem Polat
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| Born | February 18, 2001 Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 54-58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Görkem Polat is a Turkish taekwondo athlete.[1]
Career
[edit]In 2022, Görkem Polat won the silver medals in 54 kg at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, England.[2] He clinched one of bronze medal at the 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Rome during the men's 58 kg event.[3]
Görkem Polat won 56 kg in the first round against Anas Aldabba from Palestine, Po-yen Chen from Taiwan in the second round and Cesar Rodriguez from Mexico in the third round at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. He reached the semifinals after the disqualification of Riad Hamdi of Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals. He lost to Hugo Arillo Vazquez of Spain in the semifinals and finished the championship with a bronze medal.[4]
References
[edit]Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Turkish male taekwondo practitioners
- European Taekwondo Championships medalists
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in taekwondo
- European Games competitors for Turkey
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games