Rukiye Yıldırım
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 12, 1991 Ankara, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Sports science | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Selçuk University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Finweight (46 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ankara İlbank SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ali Şahin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rukiye Yıldırım (born February 12, 1991, in Ankara) is a European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner competing in the finweight division.[1][2] She is a graduate student in the School of Sports science at Selçuk University in Konya.[3]
She began with Taekwondo in 2002 in Kanka Taekwondo S.K. in Ankara, where she is coached by Hızır Pınaroğlu. She is representing her country at international events since 2007.[1]
Rukiye Yıldırım won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships held in Gyeongju, South Korea.[4] She is the gold medalist of 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in finweigth.[5]
She won the silver medalist in the Flyweight (49kg) division at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Rukiye Yıldırım" (in Turkish). Sakin Taekwondo. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ +"Tekvadoda tarih yazdık". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 16 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ "Zeliha Ağrıs Avrupa şampiyonu". Yeni Meram (in Turkish). Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Rukiye ve Rıdvan'dan bronz geldi". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 5 May 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ "European Taekwondo Union". Archived from the original on 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Rukiye Yıldırım gümüş madalyada kaldı". Haberdem (in Turkish). 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
External links[edit]
- Rukiye YILDIRIM at TaekwondoData.com
- Rukiye YILDIRIM at Olympics.com
- Rukiye Yıldırım at Olympedia
- Rukiye Yıldırım at the Turkish National Olympic Committee
Categories:
- Living people
- 1991 births
- Sportspeople from Ankara
- Turkish female taekwondo practitioners
- Turkish female martial artists
- European Games competitors for Turkey
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games
- European champions for Turkey
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Turkey
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- European Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Turkey
- Selçuk University alumni
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in taekwondo
- 21st-century Turkish women
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games