Sumeyye Manz (born Güleç on October 30, 1989, in

Nürnberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ci ...

) is a German taekwondo practitioner of Turkish descent. She won the gold medal 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, and ...

in Rome. She became bronze medalist at the

2005 World Taekwondo Championships The 2005 World Taekwondo Championships were the 17th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from 13 to 17 April 2005. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Team ranking South Korea won both men’s and ...

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and

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 ranki ...

Gyeongju Gyeongju ( ko, 경주, ), historically known as ''Seorabeol'' ( ko, 서라벌, ), is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, ...

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. She represented Germany at the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

and

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. At the 2008 Olympics she was defeated in the first round by

Dalia Contreras Dalia María Contreras Rivero (born September 20, 1983) is a Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in taekwondo. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing 8th in her weight class. ...

. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 49kg competition, but was defeated in the first round by

Yang Shu-Chun Yang Shu-chun or Judy Yang (; born October 26, 1985 in Yingge, Taipei County, now New Taipei City) is a female Taiwanese taekwondo athlete. She won the women's flyweight (under 51 kg) gold medal at the 2008 Asian Taekwon ...

. Sümeyye Güleç is married to Daniel Manz, also a German national taekwondo practitioner.

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German female taekwondo practitioners 1989 births Living people Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Germany Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics German sportspeople of Turkish descent World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Taekwondo Championships medalists Sportspeople from Nuremberg 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-taekwondo-bio-stub