Serap Özçelik

Serap Özçelik
Özçelik at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games
Born (1988-02-18) 18 February 1988
Istanbul, Turkey
Other namesSerap Özçelik Arapoğlu
NationalityTurkish
Division50 kg
StyleKarate, kumite
TeamEGO SK
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Turkey
World Games
Gold medal – first place2013 CaliKumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 WrocławKumite 50 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 BremenKumite 50 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 MadridKumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 ParisKumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 ParisTeam kumite
Bronze medal – third place2014 BremenTeam kumite
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 ZürichKumite 50 kg
Gold medal – first place2012 AdejeKumite 50 kg
Gold medal – first place2012 AdejeTeam kumite
Gold medal – first place2014 TampereKumite 50 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 TampereTeam kumite
Gold medal – first place2018 Novi SadKumite 50 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 PorečKumite 50 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 GaziantepKumite 50 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 BudapestKumite 50 kg
Silver medal – second place2016 MontpellierKumite 50 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 İzmitTeam kumite
Silver medal – second place2023 GuadalajaraKumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2008 TallinnKumite 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2010 AthensKumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 IstanbulKumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 IstanbulTeam kumite
Bronze medal – third place2016 MontpellierTeam kumite
Bronze medal – third place2017 İzmitKumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 GuadalajaraKumite 50 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place2015 BakuKumite 50 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskKumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaKumite 50 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2017 BakuKumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 KonyaKumite 50 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 MersinKumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 TarragonaKumite 50 kg
World University Championships
Silver medal – second place2008 WrocławKumite 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2006 New York CityKumite 53 kg

Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu (born 18 February 1988) is a Turkish karateka, who competes in the kumite 50–53 kg divisions.[1][2] She won a world title in 2014 and a European title in 2011, 2012 and 2014.[3]

Career

Özçelik won two bronze medals at the 2012 World Karate Championships in Paris, placing third in women’s kumite 50 kg and taking another bronze with Turkey in the team kumite event after progressing through the repechage bracket.[4]

At the 2014 World Karate Championships in Bremen, Germany, she defeated Duygu Bugur 6–1 in the women’s kumite 50 kg final to win her first senior world title; Turkey also earned bronze in the women’s team kumite. [5]

She won the inaugural European Games gold in women’s kumite 50 kg at Baku 2015, beating Bettina Plank 1–0 in the final after topping Group A and advancing past Kateryna Kryva by judges’ decision in the semifinal; it was Turkey’s first gold medal of the Games. [6][7]

At the 2017 European Karate Championships in İzmit, she earned bronze in kumite 50 kg, defeating Sara Radichevska 6–0 in the medal bout after a quarterfinal loss to Kateryna Kryva. [8]

She added a European title at Novi Sad 2018, defeating Bettina Plank by judges’ decision after a 1–1 final, and later that year took silver at the 2018 World Karate Championships in Madrid after a 3–1 loss to Miho Miyahara in the world final. [9][10]

In 2019, she won European bronze in Guadalajara by beating Shara Hubrich 5–0 in the third-place bout. [11]

She represented Turkey at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in women’s kumite 55 kg, where she was eliminated in the group stage. [12]

At Poreč 2021, she reclaimed the European title in women’s 50 kg, defeating Shara Hubrich in the final. [13]

In 2022, she won the European title again in Gaziantep, beating Erminia Perfetto 9–5 after earlier victories over Lejla Ahmetović (3–0), Inji Azizova (10–2) and Jelena Pehar (5–1). [14] Later that summer she earned bronze at the Konya 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games by defeating Shahmalarani Chandran in the third-place match. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Serap Ozcelik". Karate Records. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Karate – Ozcelik Serap". Pescara 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "2011 European Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Serap Özçelik claims bronze in Paris". Fotomaç. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Özçelik crowned world champion in Bremen". Fotomaç. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "First gold for Turkey at European Games". Turkey Karate Federation. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Turkey win two golds on day one in Baku". Anadolu Agency. 13 June 2015. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Özçelik earns fourth European bronze". Eurosport Turkey. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Özçelik wins European gold in Novi Sad". TRT Spor. 13 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "World silver for Özçelik in Madrid". DHA. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Turkey take nine medals on day one at Europeans". Anadolu Agency. 29 March 2019. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "Özçelik Arapoğlu exits Tokyo 2020". TRT Spor. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "Özçelik Arapoğlu crowned European champion in Poreč". Milliyet. 22 May 2021. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "Özçelik Arapoğlu wins sixth individual European crown". TRT Haber. 28 May 2022. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  15. ↑ "Four medals for Turkey in karate at Islamic Solidarity Games". TRT Spor. 18 August 2022. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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