Tuana Çelik
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| Born | 2008 (age 17–18) Bor, Niğde, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K44 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Event | -57 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ahmet Gün | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Tuana Çelik (born 2008) is a Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner who competes in the K44 disability class of -57 kg.
Sport career
Çelik, a physically disabled girl, started performing taekwondo in 2022 with the guidance of her teacher of physical education Ahmet Gün at the secondary school and with the approval of her family. She trained hard under her teacher, who is also the coach of the local sports school, and began to enter competitions. In January 2025, In her first participation at the national para taekwondo championships in Ankara, she managed to come third. Upon her success, she was selected to the national team to take part at the upcoming 12th International Turkish Open Taekwondo Tournament 2025 in Antalya.[1] She won the silver medal at the 2025 European Para Youth Games in Istanbul, Turkey.[2]
In February 2026, she became Turkish champion at the Para Taekwondo Championships in Ankara.[3] At the 2026 European Championships in Munich, Germany, she took a bronze medal.[4][5]
Personal life
Born in 2008,[6] Tuana Çelik is a native of Yerköy in Yozgat Province, Turkey.[1][5] Following an accident, she became physically disabled at the age of eight.[1]
She was a student of Şehit Mehmet Tez Anatolian High School in her hometown.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 Gökgül, Bahadır Muhlis (25 January 2025). "ngeline meydan okuyan Tuana, ilk tekvando şampiyonasında madalya sevinci yaşadı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Yerköylü Sporcu Tuana Çelik Avrupa İkincisi oldu". Yozgat Çamlık (in Turkish). 27 July 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tuana Çelik Türkiye Şampiyonu Oldu". Yozgat Kent Haber (in Turkish). 16 February 2026. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tuana Çelik'ten Avrupa'da Büyük Başarı". Yozgat Kent Haber (in Turkish). 13 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Yerköylü Sporcu Tuana Çelik Yozgat'a Gurur Yaşattı". Yozgat Çamlık (in Turkish). 13 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ Gökgül , Bahadır Muhlis (25 January 2025). "Engeline meydan okuyan Tuana, ilk tekvando şampiyonasında madalya sevinci yaşadı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Türkiye 3.sü Tuana ÇELİK" (in Turkish). T.C. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı - YOZGAT / YERKÖY - Şehit Mehmet Tez Anadolu Lisesi. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2026.