Hamide_Bıkçın_Tosun

Hamide Bıkçın

Hamide Bıkçın

Turkish taekwondo practitioner

Hamide Bıkçın Çetiner (born January 24, 1978) formerly known as Hamide Bıkçın Tosun is a female Turkish Taekwondo athlete, who competed in the Women's 49–57 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia and won the bronze medal.[1]

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Bıkçın took up taekwondo already aged eight. After winning the European and World championships, she married and became mother of a daughter, Zeynep. Hamide Bıkçın Tosun suspended her active fighting sports life in the years 1996 and 1997. She started again 1998 to perform taekwondo and represented Turkey at the 2000 Olympics.[2]

Achievements

  • 1995 World Taekwondo Championships in the Philippines – gold (Flyweight)
  • 2000 13th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Patras, Greece – gold (Bantamweight)[3]
  • 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia – bronze
  • 2002 7th Universiade in Berkeley, California, U.S. – gold (58 kg)[4]
  • 2002 Taekwondo Belgian Open in Lommel, Belgium – gold (Bantamweight)[5]
  • 2004 15th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Lilehammer, Norway – silver (Featherweight)[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Hamide Bıkçın. sports-reference.com
  2. [2]
    A Turkish Sports Page – Interview with Hamide Bikcin Archived 2012-07-22 at archive.today. Turkish-sports.atspace.org (2008-08-28). Retrieved on 2015-10-16.
  3. [3]
    13th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships. fullcontact.co.uk. May 4, 2000
  4. [4]
    MİLLİYET İNTERNET – ALMANAK 2002. Milliyet.com.tr (1990-01-06). Retrieved on 2015-10-16.
  5. [5]
    Chris Condron (April 8, 2002) TAEKWONDO- American Best medal at Belgian Open in Lommel, Belgium. U.S. Taekwondo Union. olympic-usa.org
  6. [6]
    15th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships. fullcontact.co.uk. May 6, 2004


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