Ali Sarı (born November 24, 1986) is a Turkish

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner competing in the heavyweight division. Ali Sarı is a student of

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

Selçuk University Selçuk University () is a public university, state-owned higher educational institution which was founded 1975 in Konya, Turkey. It is one of the largest universities in Turkey with a student body of 63,000 of which 2,200 are foreign students f ...

Early life

Ali Sarı was born on November 24, 1986, in

Beyşehir Beyşehir () is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,054 km2, and its population is 77,690 (2022). The town is located on the southeastern shore of Lake Beyşehir and is marked to the west and the southwest b ...

town in

Konya Province Konya Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Central Anatolia, Turkey. Its area is 40,838 km2, making it the largest province by area, and its population is 2,296,347 (2022). The provincial capital is the city ...

to a dentist father. He has two younger brothers Yunus and

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, who are also successful taekwondo practitioners. After his primary and secondary education in his hometown, he enrolled in Selçuk University's Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, at

Konya Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...

Sports career

Ali Sarı began with taekwondo practitioning already at the very young age. His family built a sports center with three floors, where he and his brothers exercised with young people in the town. Living currently in Konya for his university education with his two brothers, Ali Sarı is coached by Ekrem Boyalı. His first national success came in 1998 when he became Turkish boys' champion in the +36 kg division. In 2001, he placed third at the Turkish Youth Championships. Ali Sarı was admitted to the national team in 2006, and took the second place at the national championship the same year. In 2007, he placed third in the +84 kg division at the

2007 Summer Universiade The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, with pr ...

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. He won the silver medal in the +87 kg division at the

2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no), also known as the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=, s=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no) and Shenzhen 2011, was hosted in Shenzhen, Gua ...

held in

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. In 2012, Sarı took the bronze medal in the -87 kg division at the

European Championships A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

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, United Kingdom. He became champion in the +80 kg division at the

2013 Mediterranean Games The 2013 Mediterranean Games (), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games () and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 in Mersin, Turkey. Mersin was announced as the host cit ...

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, Turkey.

Achievements

* 2007 Summer Universiade, Bangkok, Thailand, -84 kg * 2008 World University Taekwondo Championships, Belgrade, Serbia * 2010 Northern Cyprus Open * 2010 French Open,

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* 2011 Summer Universiade, Shenzhen, China, +87 kg * 2012 European Championships, Manchester, United Kingdom, -87 kg * 2012 Spanish Open,

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* 2013 Dutch Open,

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* 2013 Mediterranean Games, Mersin, Turkey, +80 kg

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sari, Ali Living people 1986 births People from Beyşehir Turkish male taekwondo practitioners Selçuk University alumni European Games competitors for Turkey Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo FISU World University Games silver medalists for Turkey FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Turkey European Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Turkish sportsmen