Nur Tatar
Turkish taekwondo practitioner
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Nur Tatar Askari (born 16 August 1992) is a Turkish female taekwondo practitioner. She is a World and European champion, competing in the feather, light and welterweight divisions.[1] She is of Kurdish descent.[2]
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| Full name | Nur Tatar Askari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Welterweight (67 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ankara İller Bankası | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Cüneyt Gülçek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She was a member of the TSE Sports Club in Ankara before she transferred to Ankara İller Bankası. She is coached by Cüneyt Gülçek.[3][4]
Nur Tatar won her first medal at the age of 15. She won twice the European Junior Taekwondo Championships, and reached to gold medals in A-class tournaments in Europe.[3] She won the silver medal at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships held in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[5]
She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics[6] where she won the silver medal at 67 kg.[7] At the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey she became gold medalist.[8] She qualified again for olympics at 2016
She got married in 2017 to a former member of Iranian national taekwondo team Mehran Askari.[9]
Tournament record
| Year | Event | Location | G-Rank | Place |
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| 2022 | Sweden Open |  Stockholm | G-1 | 3rd |
| 2021 | European Championships |  Sofia | G-4 | 3rd |
| 2020 | Fujairah Open |  Fujairah | G-1 | 1st |
| 2019 | World Championships |  Manchester | G-12 | 2nd |
| Grand Prix | Sofia | G-4 | 3rd | |
| Extra European Championships |  Bari | G-4 | 3rd | |
| Spanish Open |  Castellon | G-1 | 1st | |
| 2018 | Grand Slam |  Wuxi | G-12 | 2nd |
| European Championships |  Kazan | G-4 | 2nd | |
| Grand Prix | Fujairah | G-8 | 1st | |
| Grand Prix | Manchester | G-4 | 3rd | |
| Grand Slam - Qualification | Wuxi | G-4 | 2nd | |
| Spanish Open | Alicante | G-1 | 1st | |
| 2017 | World Championships |  Muju | G-12 | 1st |
| Grand Prix |  Rabat | G-4 | 1st | |
| Grand Prix | Moscow | G-4 | 2nd | |
| Turkish Open |  Antalya | G-1 | 1st | |
| Slovenia Open |  Hamburg | G-1 | 1st | |
| WT Presidents Cup - Europe |  Athen | G-1 | 3rd | |
| 2016 | Olympic Games |  Rio de Janeiro | G-20 | 3rd |
| European Championships |  Montreaux | G-4 | 2nd | |
| European Clubs Championships | Antalya | G-1 | 1st | |
| Turkish Open | Antalya | G-1 | 1st | |
| Dutch Open |  Eindhoven | G-1 | 1st | |
| WT Presidents Cup - Europe | Bonn | G-1 | 3rd | |
| Luxembourg Open |  Luxembourg | G-1 | 3rd | |
| 2015 | World Championships | Chelyabinsk | G-12 | 2nd |
| Grand Prix |  Mexico City | G-8 | 2nd | |
| Grand Prix | Manchester | G-4 | 2nd | |
| Grand Prix | Samsun | G-4 | 3rd | |
| European Games |  Baku | G-4 | 3rd | |
| Universiade | Gwangju | G-2 | 3rd | |
| Croatia Open |  Zagreb | G-1 | 1st | |
| Ukraine Open |  Kharkiv | G-1 | 1st | |
| Moldova Open |  Chișinău | G-1 | 2nd | |
| Kazakhstan Open |  Almaty | G-1 | 2nd | |
| European Clubs Championships | Antalya | G-1 | 3rd | |
| Greece Open | Thessaloniki | G-1 | 3rd | |
| 2014 | European Championships | Baku | G-4 | 3rd |
| Grand Prix | Manchester | G-4 | 3rd | |
| Dutch Open | Eindhoven | G-1 | 2nd | |
| Trelleborg Open | Trelleborg | G-1 | 3rd | |
| Ukraine Open | Kharkiv | G-1 | 3rd | |
| 2013 | Dutch Open | Eindhoven | G-1 | 1st |
| Spanish Open | Alicante | G-1 | 3rd | |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London | G-20 | 2nd |
| European Championships | Manchester | G-4 | 1st | |
| Olympic Games qualification Europe | Kazan | G-4 | 1st | |
| German Open | Hamburg | G-1 | 3rd | |
| 2011 | German Open | Hamburg | G-1 | 1st |
| Trelleborg Open | Trelleborg | G-1 | 3rd | |
| 2010 | European Championships | Saint Petersburg | G-4 | 2nd |
| European U-21 Championships | Kharkiv | G-4 | 1st | |
| Dutch Open | Eindhoven | G-1 | 1st | |
| 2009 | European U-21 Championships | Vigo | G-4 | 1st |
| European Junior Championships | Trelleborg | G-4 | 1st | |
| Spanish Open | Alicante | G-1 | 3rd | |
| 2008 | Belgian Open |  Herentals | G-1 | 1st |
| 2007 | European Junior Championships | Baku | G-1 | 3rd |
