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Seçil Er

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Seçil Er
Medal record
Para Taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 IstanbulK44 -65 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 ManchesterK44 -65 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 IstanbulK44 -65 kg
European Para Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 RotterdamK44 -65 kg

Seçil Er is a Turkish world and European champion Para Taekwondo practitioner. She competes in the K44 event of the -65 kg class.

Personal life

Seçil Er is a native of Çankırı Province's Yukarı Pleitözü village.[1]

Sports career

Before switching over to Para Taekwondo, Er played Para-badminton. Motivated by a kickboxer friend of her, she initially wanted to practice Para Taekwondo as a hobby. Her friend's coach helped her enter the upcoming Turkish Para Taekwondo Championships. In 2019 at age 27, she started her Para Taekwondo career.[2]

She won the gold medal at the 2021 European Para Taekwondo Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey.[3] She became champion at the 2021 World Para Taekwondo Championships in Istanbul, Turkeyç[1] She took the silver medal at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom.[4]

References

  1. "Dünya şampiyonu Seçil Er, memleketinde coşkuyla karşılandı". Fanatik (Turkey) (in Turkish). 19 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. "Dünya Şampiyonu Tekvandocu Seçil Er, Aydınlık'a konuştu: Başarının kapısını azim ve doğru antrenman açar!". Aydınlık (in Turkish). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  3. "Avrupa Para Taekwono Şampiyonası'nda Türk Rüzgarı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  4. "Türkiye tekvandoda Avrupa şampiyonu oldu". NTV (in Turkish). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.