Career
He won the gold medal in the men's 80 kg category at the 2022 Turkish Taekwondo Championship held at the Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall in Konya. He won the silver medal at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games held at the Selçuk University 19 Mayıs Sports Hall in Konya, losing to Uzbek rival Shukhrat Salaev in the men's 80 kg final. Hüseyin Kartal defeated his French rival Ismael Bouzid Souihilli in the last 16 round and Richard Andre Ordemann of Norway in the quarterfinals at the 3rd European Games held at Krynica-Zdrój Arena in Kraków, Poland. Having qualified for the repechage after the Norwegian athlete reached the final, Hüseyin won the bronze medal by defeating first Adam Jochman from Czechia and then Jon Andoni Cintado Arteche from Spain.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kartal, Huseyin 2000 births Living people Turkish male taekwondo practitioners Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in taekwondo 21st-century Turkish sportspeople European Games competitors for Turkey Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey