Cengiz Yağız

Cengiz Yağız
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1964-12-21) 21 December 1964 (age 60)
Ankara, Turkey
Sport
SportTaekwondo
EventMen's featherweight
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Featherweight
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Seoul Bantamweight

Cengiz Yağız (born 21 December 1964) is a silver medalist Olympian Turkish taekwondo practitioner. He served as the president of the Turkey Taekwondo Federation between 1996–2003.

Cengiz Yağız was born in Ankara, Turkey on 21 December 1964.[1]

Yağız won the silver medal in the featherweight division of the Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Yağız served as the president of the Turkey Taekwondo Federation from 1996 until 2003 .[2][3][4] In 2012, he declared his intention to run again for the presidentship.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cengiz Yağiz". Olympedia.
  2. ^ "Tarkwondo ve Tarihçe" (in Turkish). Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Tekvando Baskanı'na yeni bir suc duyurusu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 19 February 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Tekvandoda Cengiz Yağız başkan adayı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 13 September 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2021.


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