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Tahir Güleç
Tahir Güleç (born 25 February 1993) is a German taekwondo athlete of Turkish descent. He represented Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 80 kg. He finished in 7th place after losing to Piotr Paziński of Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ... in the repechage. References External links * * * * * 1993 births Living people German male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Germany Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics World Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century German people {{Germany-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. The literal translation for tae kwon do is "kicking", "punching", and "the art or way of". They are a kind of martial arts in which one attacks or defends with hands and feet anytime or anywhere, with occasional use of weapons. The physical training undertaken in Taekwondo is purposeful and fosters strength of mind through mental armament. Taekwondo practitioners wear a uniform, known as a dobok. It is a combat sport and was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate, Chinese martial arts, and indigenous Korean martial arts traditions such as Taekkyon, Subak, and Gwonbeop. The oldest governing body for Taekwondo is the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA), formed in 1959 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
