Servet Tazegül ( (born 26 September 1988) is a world, Olympic and European champion 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 of Azerbaijani origin competing in the featherweight division. He competed in the men's 68 kg class at the

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held in

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and won the bronze medal. Tazegül qualified for the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and went on to beat Iran's Mohammad Bagheri Motamed in the final, with a score of 6–5, winning the gold medal. 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 ...

held in

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, Turkey, he won the bronze medal in the 68 kg event.

Recognition

A 2013-built, multi-purpose

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with 7,500 seating capacity is named in his honor.

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* 1988 births Living people Turkish male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Turkey Olympic medalists in taekwondo Olympic gold medalists for Turkey Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Taekwondo Championships medalists European champions for Turkey European Games competitors for Turkey Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Nuremberg Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-Olympic-medalist-stub