Birth Place: | Istanbul, Turkey[1] |
Country: | Turkey |
Weight Class: | +100 kg |
Club: | Kocaeli BB Kağıt SC |
Olympics Rank: | R16 |
Olympics Year: | 2024 |
Olympics Weight: | Men's +100 kg |
Worlds Rank: | R16 |
Worlds Year: | 2024 |
Worlds Weight: | Men's +100 kg |
Regionals Type: | EU |
Regionals Rank: | R16 |
Regionals Year: | 2023 |
Regionals Weight: | Men's +100 kg |
Regionals Year2: | 2024 |
Regionals Weight2: | Men's +100 kg |
Updated: | 13 August 2024 |
İbrahim Tataroğlu (born 1 January 2006) is a Turkish Olympian judoka who competes in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division.[1]
Tataroğlu is a member of Kocaeli BB Kağıt SC.
Tataroğlu won the bronze medal in the +90 kg event at the 2022 European Cadet Championships in Poreč, Croatia.
He took the bronze medal in the +100 kg event at the 2023 Judo Grand Slam Antalya in Turkey.
Tataroğlu became world cadet champion in the +90 kg event at the 2023 World Cadets Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
At the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, he captured the gold medal ic the +90 kg event, and another gold medal in the Mixed team event with ten teammates.
He won the siver medal in +100 kg at the 2023 World Juniors Championships n Odivelas, Portugal.
He lost the Round of 16 match to Dutch Jelle Snippe in the +100 kg of the [2023 European Championships] in Montpellier, France.
Tataroğlu was named the "Best Cadet Judoka of 2023 in Europe" in the +100 kg category by the European Judo Union.
Tataroğlu failed to advance further from the Round of 16 in the +100 kg event of the 2024 World Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Grand Slam Astana in Kazakhstan, and so received a quota to represent his country at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He defeated Sloven Enej Marinič in the Round of 32, but lost to South Korean Kim Min-jong and was eliminated.
İbrahim Tataroğlu was born in İzmit, Kocaeli Province in 2006.