Gamze Gürdal (born 12 June 1995) is a Turkish European champion

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practitioner competing in the K44 event of -57 kg.

Sport career

Gürdal is tall at . She is a member of EGO SK of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, and is coached by Kürşat Özdemir. She obtained a quota for participation at the

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, Japan. She won the gold medal at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships in

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, United Kingdom. At the

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, Netherlands, she took the gold medal.

Personal life

Gamze Gürdal was born in

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. It is the site of an ...

, Turkey on 12 June 1995. She currently lives in

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* * * 1995 births Living people Turkish female taekwondo practitioners Paralympic taekwondo practitioners for Turkey Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the European Para Championships Sportspeople from Erzurum 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Turkey Paralympic medalists in taekwondo {{Paralympics-stub