Gamze Gürdal (born 12 June 1995) is a Turkish European champion

Para Taekwondo Para Taekwondo is an adaptation of ''Taekwondo'' for disabled athletes. The sport's main governing body is World Taekwondo (WT). New disciplines such as ''kyorugi'' and ''poomsae'', both martial arts forms, have been developed for para-athletes. ...

practitioner competing in the K44 event of -57 kg.

Sport career

Gürdal is tall at . She is a member of EGO SK of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, and is coached by Kürşat Özdemir. She obtained a quota for participation at the

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, Japan. She won the gold medal at the

2022 European Taekwondo Championships The 2022 European Taekwondo Championships, the 25th edition of the European Taekwondo Championships, was held in Manchester, United Kingdom at the Manchester Regional Arena from 19 to 22 May 2022. Medal table Medal summary Men Women Pa ...

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, United Kingdom. At the

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, Netherlands, she took the gold medal.

Personal life

Gamze Gürdal was born in Erzuruma, Turkey on 12 June 1995. She currently lives in

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* * 1995 births Living people Turkish female taekwondo practitioners Paralympic taekwondo practitioners for Turkey Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the European Para Championships Sportspeople from Erzurum 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Place of birth missing (living people) {{Paralympics-stub