Ali Can Özcan

Ali Can Özcan
Özcan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born2000 or 2001 (age 25–26)
Sport
Country Turkey
SportPara taekwondo
K44[1]
Weight class
58 kg[1]
Medal record
Para taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 Paris‍–‍58 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Manchester-58 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Rotterdam-58 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Istanbul-58 kg

Ali Can Özcan (born 2000/2001)[2][3][a] is a Turkish paralympic taekwondo practitioner. He competed at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships, winning the gold medal in the K44 men's -58 kg event.[4] He also won a silver medal for Turkey at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, losing to Asaf Yasur of Israel 19-12 in the final of the men’s -58kg weight class.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Özcan is currently 23 years old in 2024

References

  1. 1 2 Tiryaki, Erkhan (25 August 2024). "Türkiye, para yüzme ve para tekvandoda çıkışını sürdürmeye çalışacak". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Para tekvandocu Alican Özcan, Paris'te altın madalya hedefliyor". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 26 May 2024. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Yanlışlıkla Başladığı Para Tekvando Hayatını Değiştirdi: Alican Özcan'ın Paris 2024 Hedefi Altın Madalya". Memletket (in Turkish). 15 July 2024. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Medalist By Weight Category: 2022 European Senior Championships" (PDF). 2022 European Taekwondo Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Israeli Paralympics athlete wins gold medal in taekwondo," Archived 2024-09-02 at the Wayback Machine The Jewish Chronicle.


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