Hüseyin Kartal (taekwondo)

Hüseyin Kartal (born 20 March 2000) is a Turkish taekwondo athlete.

Career
He won the gold medal in the men's 80 kg category at the 2022 Turkish Taekwondo Championship held at the Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall in Konya. He won the silver medal at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games held at the Selçuk University 19 Mayıs Sports Hall in Konya, losing to Uzbek rival Shukhrat Salaev in the men's 80 kg final.

Hüseyin Kartal defeated his French rival Ismael Bouzid Souihilli in the last 16 round and Richard Andre Ordemann of Norway in the quarterfinals at the 3rd European Games held at Krynica-Zdrój Arena in Kraków, Poland. Having qualified for the repechage after the Norwegian athlete reached the final, Hüseyin won the bronze medal by defeating first Adam Jochman from Czechia and then Jon Andoni Cintado Arteche from Spain.