Gülbahar Gözütok (born 2 January 2002) is a Turkish

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ka.

Career

Early years

Gözütok took the gold medal, her first official medal, in the +40 kg event of the 2002-births category at the 2013 Turkish Children's Championship in

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. At the "5th World Children's Karate Championship" () in 2014, which is held annually on the occasion of the National Sovereignty and Children's Day in Turkey, Gözütok became champion. In 2015 at the age of 13, she won three gold and a silver medal at the 7th European Shotokan Karate Championship and at the World Cup. In November 2019, she took the silver medal at the Turkish U21 Championship. She won the gold medal by defeating German Reem Khamis in the women's 61 kg final match in the U21 category at the 2022 World U21 Championships held at the Karatay Congress and Sport Center in

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, Turkey.

Senior career

In February 2022, she debuted as senior at the Turkish Championships, and became champion. The same year in August, she became silver medalist at the

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in Konya, Turkey. She won a bronze medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2023 European Games held at the Bielsko-Biała Arena in

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, Poland. Gözütok is a member of Balkaya Sport Club in Kayseri, where she is coached by Metin Balkaya.

Personal life

Gülbaher Gözütok was born on 2 January 2002. She lives in

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, Turkey.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gozutok, Gulbahar 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Kayseri Turkish female karateka 21st-century Turkish sportswomen European Games bronze medalists for Turkey Karateka at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in karate Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in karate Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games