Hatice Kübra Yangın (born August 15, 1989 in Kütahya) is a Turkish female

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

practitioner competing in the bantamweight division. She is a member of the Kocaeli BB Kağıt S.K. in Izmit. She began with taekwondo at the age of 13 in

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, where her father is an employee of the province's sports office. Her sister Gamze is also a national taekwondo practitioner. Hatice Kübra Yangın became champion at the

2008 European Taekwondo Championships The 2008 European Taekwondo Championships were held in Rome, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, a ...

. She won a bronze medal at the

2011 World Taekwondo Championships The 2011 World Taekwondo Championships was the 20th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at Gyeongju Indoor Stadium in Gyeongju, South Korea from May 1 to May 6, 2011. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Team rank ...

held in Gyeongju,

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. The same year Yangın won the gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade. In 2012, she regained her champion title at the

2012 European Taekwondo Championships The 2012 European Taekwondo Championships were held in Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the nor ...

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1989 births People from Kütahya Turkish female taekwondo practitioners Living people Turkish female martial artists Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor athletes European Games competitors for Turkey Universiade medalists in taekwondo Universiade gold medalists for Turkey Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 20th-century Turkish sportswomen 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-taekwondo-bio-stub