Rukiye Yıldırım

Rukiye Yıldırım
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1991-02-12) February 12, 1991
Ankara, Turkey
EducationSports science
Selçuk University
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
Event
Finweight (46 kg)
ClubAnkara İlbank SK
Coached byAli Şahin
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Guadalajara46 kg
Bronze medal – third place2011 Gyeongju46 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Manchester49 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 Petersburg46 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Kazan46 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Manchester46 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Montreux46 kg
Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place2015 Moscow49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 London49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Rabat49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Taoyuan49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Moscow49 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2017 Baku46 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Konya49 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona49 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 Mersin49 kg
Universiade
Silver medal – second place2011 Shenzhen46 kg

Rukiye Yıldırım (born February 12, 1991, in Ankara) is a European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner competing in the finweight division.[1][2] She is a graduate student in the School of Sports science at Selçuk University in Konya.[3]

She began with Taekwondo in 2002 in Kanka Taekwondo S.K. in Ankara, where she is coached by Hızır Pınaroğlu. She is representing her country at international events since 2007.[1]

Rukiye Yıldırım won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships held in Gyeongju, South Korea.[4] She is the gold medalist of 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in finweigth.[5]

She won the silver medalist in the Flyweight (49kg) division at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rukiye Yıldırım" (in Turkish). Sakin Taekwondo. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. ↑ +"Tekvadoda tarih yazdık". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 16 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Zeliha Ağrıs Avrupa şampiyonu". Yeni Meram (in Turkish). Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Rukiye ve Rıdvan'dan bronz geldi". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 5 May 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 19 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Rukiye Yıldırım gümüş madalyada kaldı". Haberdem (in Turkish). 21 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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