İbrahim Tataroğlu explained

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]

Sport career

Tataroğlu is a member of Kocaeli BB Kağıt SC.

2022

Tataroğlu won the bronze medal in the +90 kg event at the 2022 European Cadet Championships in Poreč, Croatia.

2023

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.

2024

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.

Personal life

İbrahim Tataroğlu was born in İzmit, Kocaeli Province in 2006.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TATAROGLU Ibrahim . . 13 August 2024.