Remzi Başakbuğday (born November 13, 1989) 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 Finweight ( -54 kg) class.

Personal life

Remzi Başakbuğday was born in Konak, Izmir, Turkey on November 13, 1989. He studied physical education and sports at the

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University () (DEÜ) is a Public university, public research university in İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1982, it is organized into 18 faculties. It holds the distinction of being the first university in Turkey to implement the probl ...

in Izmir. He works as a DJ. On November 13, 2010, at his 21st birthday, he married Zeynep Kirez (born 1989), also a successful national taekwondo practitioner.

Sport career

He began with taekwondo in 1995 inspired by his maternal uncle Mert Tuncer, the 1998 and 2002 European taekwondo champion. He transferred in his early years from Altay S.K. to Kimdoman SK, and finally to the

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

, where he competed in the youth and junior categories. He is still a member of the Izmir B.B. SK and is coached by Suat Hastürk. Başakbuğday became more than 15 times Turkish national champion in his sports career. At the 2009 Universiade in

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, Başakbuğday became the silver medalist. He won the silver medal at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships held in

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, Russia.

Achievements

* 2008 Student World Championships -

, Serbia -54 kg * 2008 A-Class Croatia Open -

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, Croatia -54 kg * 2009 Universiade -

, Serbia -54 kg * 2009 Under 21 European Championships -

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, Spain -54 kg junior * 2009 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships -

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, Azerbaijan team -54 kg * 2010 A-Class Dutch Open -

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, Netherlands -54 kg * 2010 European Championships -

, Russia -54 kg * 2013 1st European Taekwondo Clubs Championships -

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, Greece - club (-58 kg)

References

1989 births Sportspeople from Konak Sportspeople from İzmir Living people Dokuz Eylül University alumni Turkish male taekwondo practitioners İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK sportspeople Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo FISU World University Games silver medalists for Turkey European Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-taekwondo-bio-stub