Elif Sude Akgül

Elif Sude Akgül
Personal information
Born (2006-03-08) 8 March 2006
Ordu, Turkey
EducationHaliç University
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
Weight class
49 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 Wuxi49 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 Munich49 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2025 Riyadh51 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Taranto49 kg
European U21 Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Sarajevo49 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 Tirana49 kg
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Tallinn49 kg

Elif Sude Akgül (born 8 March 2006) is a Turkish female Taekwondo practitioner.[1] She was a silver medalist at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships and a gold medalist at the 2026 European Taekwondo Championships.[2]

Career

From Ordu,[3] she studied at the Haliç University.[4] Akgül won gold for Turkey in the -49kg division at the 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series in Wuxi.[5]

Elif Sude Akgül won a gold medal in the 49 kg category at the European U21 Taekwondo Championship in Sarajevo in November 2024.[6][7]

A silver medalist at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in the women's flyweight division, she defeated Supharada Anya Ateşli of Germany in the quarter final and Xiaolu Fu of China in the semi-final, before finishing as runner-up to Liu You-yun of Chinese Taipei in the final.[8][9]

In May 2026, she won a gold medal at the 2026 European Taekwondo Championships in Munich, Germany.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Entry List by Country" (PDF). rhineruhr2025.com. 18 July 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Elif Sude Akgül". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "From Ordu to the World Arena: Elif Sude Akgül's Championship Excitement". orduyenidonem.com. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Haliç Athletes Reach the Top at the Turkey Open Taekwondo Tournament". Halic.edu.tr. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Khalatyan, Rafael (17 December 2023). "Five more athletes qualified for Paris 2024 Taekwondo tournament". Inside the Games. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  6. ↑ https://istanbulbbsk.org/en/elif-sude-akgul-u21-european-champion
  7. ↑ "ELİF SUDE AKGÜL, AVRUPA ŞAMPİYONU". iaskf.org. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "National taekwondo athlete Elif Sude Akgül became the world's second". Canligaste.com. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Chinese Taipei and Tunisia take gold medals on day two of Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships". worldtaekwondo.org. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Elif Sude Akgül Avrupa şampiyonu oldu". odatv. 15 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
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