Remzi Başakbuğday (born November 13, 1989) is a
Turkish taekwondo
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practitioner competing in the Finweight ( -54 kg) class.
Personal life
Remzi Başakbuğday was born in
Konak, Izmir, Turkey on November 13, 1989. He studied physical education and sports at the
Dokuz Eylül University
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in Izmir. He works as a
DJ.
On November 13, 2010, at his 21st birthday, he married Zeynep Kirez (born 1989), also a successful national taekwondo practitioner.
Sport career
He began with taekwondo in 1995 inspired by his maternal uncle
Mert Tuncer, the 1998 and 2002 European taekwondo champion. He transferred in his early years from
Altay S.K. to Kimdoman SK, and finally to the
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK, where he competed in the youth and junior categories. He is still a member of the Izmir B.B. SK and is coached by Suat Hastürk. Başakbuğday became more than 15 times Turkish national champion in his sports career.
At the
2009 Universiade in
Belgrade,
Serbia
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, Başakbuğday became the silver medalist.
He won the silver medal at the
2010 European Taekwondo Championships
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held in
Saint Petersburg
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, Russia.
Achievements
* 2008 Student World Championships -
Belgrade, Serbia -54 kg
* 2008 A-Class Croatia Open -
Zagreb
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, Croatia -54 kg
*
2009 Universiade -
Belgrade, Serbia -54 kg
* 2009 Under 21 European Championships -
Vigo
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, Spain -54 kg junior
*
2009 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships -
Baku, Azerbaijan team -54 kg
* 2010 A-Class Dutch Open -
Eindhoven, Netherlands -54 kg
* 2010 European Championships -
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia -54 kg
* 2013 1st European Taekwondo Clubs Championships -
Athens
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, Greece - club (-58 kg)
References
1989 births
Sportspeople from Konak
Sportspeople from İzmir
Living people
Dokuz Eylül University alumni
Turkish male taekwondo practitioners
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK sportspeople
Universiade medalists in taekwondo
Universiade silver medalists for Turkey
European Taekwondo Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
21st-century Turkish people
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