Hatice Kübra Yangın (born August 15, 1989 in

Kütahya Kütahya (; historically, Cotyaeum or Kotyaion; Ancient Greek, Greek: Κοτύαιον) is a city in western Turkey which lies on the Porsuk River, at 969 metres above sea level. It is the seat of Kütahya Province and Kütahya District. In 19 ...

) is a Turkish female

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practitioner competing in the bantamweight division. She is a member of the Kocaeli BB Kağıt S.K. in Izmit. She began with taekwondo at the age of 13 in

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, where her father is an employee of the province's sports office. Her sister Gamze is also a national taekwondo practitioner. Hatice Kübra Yangın became champion at the

2008 European Taekwondo Championships The 2008 European Taekwondo Championships were held in Rome, Italy. The event took place from April 10 to April 13, 2008. Medal table Men Women References External links European Taekwondo Union
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. She won a bronze medal at the

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 table Medal summary Men Women Team ranking ...

held in

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. The same year Yangın won the gold medal 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 ...

. In 2012, she regained her champion title at the

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1989 births Sportspeople from Kütahya Turkish female taekwondo practitioners Living people Turkish female martial artists Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü sportspeople European Games competitors for Turkey Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Turkey Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 20th-century Turkish sportswomen 21st-century Turkish sportswomen {{Turkey-taekwondo-bio-stub