Gülbahar Gözütok
Personal information
Born (2002-01-02) 2 January 2002
Kayseri, Turkey
Years active2013–
Height170 cm (5.6 ft; 67 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportKarate
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Turkey
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 KrakówKumite 61 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2021 KonyaKumite 61 kg
World U21 Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 KonyaKumite 61 kg

Gülbahar Gözütok (born 2 January 2002) is a Turkish karateka.[1][2]

Career

Early years

Gözütok (left) at the 61 kg medal ceremony of the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games.

Gözütok took the gold medal, her first official medal, in the +40 kg event of the 2002-births category at the 2013 Turkish Children's Championship in İzmir.[1] At the "5th World Children's Karate Championship" (Turkish: Dünya Çocukları Karate Şampionası) in 2014, which is held annually on the occasion of the National Sovereignty and Children's Day in Turkey, Gözütok became champion.[3] In 2015 at the age of 13, she won three gold and a silver medal at the 7th European Shotokan Karate Championship and at the World Cup.[4] In November 2019, she took the silver medal at the Turkish U21 Championship.[5] She won the gold medal by defeating German Reem Khamis in the women's 61 kg final match in the U21 category at the 2022 World U21 Championships held at the Karatay Congress and Sport Center in Konya, Turkey.[6]

Senior career

In February 2022, she debuted as senior at the Turkish Championships, and became champion.[7] The same year in August, she became silver medalist at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[8] She won a bronze medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2023 European Games held at the Bielsko-Biała Arena in Bielsko-Biała, Poland.[9]

Gözütok is a member of Balkaya Sport Club in Kayseri, where she is coached by Metin Balkaya.[7]

Personal life

Gülbaher Gözütok was born on 2 January 2002.[2] She lives in Kayseri, Turkey.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gülbahar Gözütok". ebilgi.karate.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  2. 1 2 "MIRS App". results.european-games.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  3. ↑ "Dünya Çocukları Karate Turnuvasında Şampiyon Gülbahar Gözütok Oldu". İhlas News Agency (in Turkish). 25 April 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Onal, Mustafa (3 November 2015). "Genç karateci madalyaya doymuyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Gülbahar Gözütok Türkiye İkincisi Oldu". Bölge Gündem (in Turkish). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "U21 Karate Şampiyonası'nda Gülbahar Gözütok Dünya Şampiyonu oldu". ajansspor.com. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  7. 1 2 "En büyük hayaline kavuşunca mutluluk gözyaşları döktü". Kocaeli Koz (in Turkish). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Milli karatecilerden İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda 5 madalya!". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 19 August 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Gülbahar Gözütok'tan bronz madalya". memleket.com.tr. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  10. ↑ "Uluslararası ve Hazar Ülkeleri Yıldızlar Milli Takım Kadrosu" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Karate Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

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