Imran Özkaya
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| Born | 16 July 1999 Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 16 (2023)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Imran Özkaya (born 16 July 1999) is a German taekwondo athlete.[2]
Career[edit]
Özkaya took part in the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships in Sofia in the under 68 kg competition, but did not place.[3]
In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in the 63 kg weight class at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, England.[4]
Özkaya competed at the World Championships in Guadalajara and Baku in 2022 and 2023 as well as the 2023 European Games in Kraków. At the 2023 Multi European Games in Sarajevo he claimed second place in the weight class up to 63 kg.[5]
In Tallinn, Estonia, Özkaya won the gold medal in the men's -68 kg competition at the 2023 European Taekwondo Championships in the olympic weight classes.[6]
In March 2024, he participated in the European qualification tournament for the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, where he lost to Zinedin Becovic from Montenegro in the quarter-finals.[7] He therefore did not qualify a quota place for the 68 kg weight category at the Olympic Games, as this would have required him to reach the final.[8][9]
Personal life[edit]
Özkaya is a Soldier-Athlete (German: Sportsoldat) with the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr (German: Sportfördergruppe der Bundeswehr).[10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/ranking/ranking.html
- ^ "TaekwondoData".
- ^ "Turkey claim three golds on first day of European Taekwondo Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ "Double delight for Turkey on last day of European Taekwondo Championships".
- ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ "Upcoming events – Europe Taekwondo". Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/EQT-Olympic-P11-Competition-Draw-Sheet-DAY-2-10-MAR-2024.pdf
- ^ "[World Taekwondo] Paris 2024 Olympic Games Qualification System". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ "[World Taekwondo] Paris 2024 Olympic Games Qualification System". web.archive.org. 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ Schöttl, Stephan. "Neu-Ulmer Taekwondoka träumt von Olympia 2024". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ SWP (2023-08-04). "Taekwondo: Imran Özkaya: Der Ulmer Kampfsportler gibt alles für seinen Traum von Olympia". swp.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
External links[edit]
- Imran Özkaya at TaekwondoData.com
