Yusuf Başer (born February 4, 1980, in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

, Turkey) is a Turkish

karateka (; ; Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts. While moder ...

competing in the

kumite Kumite (, literally "grappling hands") is one of the three main sections of karate training, along with kata and kihon. Kumite is the part of karate in which a person trains against an adversary. Kumite can be used to develop a particular tec ...

open division. He is a member of the

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

Achievements

;2010: * 1st World Clubs Cup - November 20,

TUR - kumite team * 8th European Karate Regions Championships - May 29,

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

POL - kumite team ;2009: * 7th European Karate Regions Championships - May 30,

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

ESP - kumite team * 44th European Championships - May 8,

Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...

CRO - kumite team ;2008: * 19th World Championships - November 13,

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JAP - kumite team ;2007: * 42nd European Championships - May 4,

Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

SVK - kumite open ;2006: * 41st European Championships - May 5,

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

NOR - kumite team ;2005: * 15th Mediterranean Games - June 25, Almeria ESP - kumite open * 40th European Championships - May 13,

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ESP - kumite open *

Islamic Solidarity Games The Islamic Solidarity Games () is a multinational, multi-sport event. Managed jointly by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Islamic Solidarity Sports Association (ISSA), the Games involve elite athletes of the OIC competing in a ...

- April 9–14,

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SAU - kumite open * Dutch Open -March 12,

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

NED - kumite +80 kg ;2004: * 39th European Championships - May 7,

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

, RUS - kumite open ;2002: * 9th Balkan Senior Karate Championships - September 28 - kumite +80 kg * 9th Balkan Senior Karate Championships - September 28 - kumite team

References

1980 births Martial artists from Istanbul Living people Turkish male karateka İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor sportspeople Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in karate 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey {{Turkey-karate-bio-stub