Hakan Reçber Explained

Birth Date:1999 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Ankara, Turkey
Hometown:Ankara, Turkey
Height:180 cm
Weight:63 kg
Sport:Taekwondo
Event:63–68 kg
Club:Istanbul BB SK
Coach:Servet Tazegül

Hakan Reçber (born 17 August 1999) is a Turkish taekwondo athlete.[1] [2] [3] He won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is an Olympic bronze medalist in the Men's 68 kg competition. He won the gold medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships and 2022 European Taekwondo Championships on the bantamweight (−63 kg) category.[4]

Career

Hakan Reçber brought Turkey its first medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Sunday. The 21-year-old taekwondoin beat Bosnia's Nedzad Husic in the 68-kilogram third-place match at the Makuhari Messe Event Hall. Reçber made a great start to the tie, winning the first round 14–5, but the second and third round ended in a 3–3, 5–5 draw respectively. But the Turkish athlete secured the match with a total score of 22–13.[5]

Hakan Reçber won the gold medal in the men's 63 kg event at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, England.[6] He clinched gold at the 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix. Reçber defeated Ali Alian from Sweden to take the top prize in Rome during the men's 68 kg event final. Hakan Recber first Turk to clinch gold in Grand Prix's male category.[7]

He won the silver medal in the men's 68 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[8]

Hakan Reçber won the gold medal by defeating Ralph Honeine of Lebanon in the second round, Dennis Baretta of Italy in the third round, Yushuai Liang of China in the quarterfinals and Carlos Navarro of Mexico in the semifinals at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the 63 kg final, he defeated Banlung Tumtimdang of Thailand to win the gold medal and become the world champion.[9]

Tournament record

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align=center YearEventLocationG-RankPlace
2023G-121st
2022G-103rd
G-61st
G-41st
Turkish Open G-21st
G-12nd
G-12nd
2021G-203rd
G-41st
Olympic Games qualification Europe G-11st
Albania Open G-11st 
Bosnia Herzegovina Open G-11st  
Turkish Open G-12nd
2019European U-21 Championships G-43rd
US Open G-11st 
Belgian Open G-12nd
Spanish Open G-13rd
2018G-42nd
Grand Slam – Qualification Wuxi G-11st
European Clubs Championships G-11st
Turkish Open G-11st
Spanish Open G-11st
2017European U-21 Championships G-41st
European Clubs Championships G-12nd
Dutch Open G-13rd
2016 Burnaby G-121st
WT Presidents Cup – Europe G-11st
German Open G-12nd
2015European Clubs Championships AntalyaG-13rd
2014Serbia Open BelgradG-13rd

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz . 12 August 2021 . 12 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210812150842/https://www.turksporu.com.tr/sporcu-detay/hakan-recber-1308 . dead.
  2. Web site: TaekwondoData . TaekwondoData . en . 25 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Athlete Profile: Hakan Reçber . 2018 Tarragona – Mediterranean Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20181225080853/http://results.tarragona2018.cat/en/TKW/athlete/18003346 . 25 December 2018 . dead .
  4. Web site: Two Turkish taekwondo athletes bag silver medal in Russia . Şafak . Yeni . Yeni Şafak . tr-TR . 25 December 2018.
  5. Web site: Taekwondo brings Turkey's first medals at Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 25 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Turkey claim three golds on first day of European Taekwondo Championships. 19 May 2022 .
  7. Web site: Turkish athlete Recber wins gold at World Taekwondo Grand Prix.
  8. Web site: Taekwondo Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706132341/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/TKW/ResultBook/GDM2022_TKW_v1.1.pdf . 6 July 2022 . 6 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  9. Web site: [World Taekwondo] Türkiye at the double on day 4 of Baku 2023 World Taekwond .