Hüseyin Kartal (taekwondo)

Hüseyin Kartal

Personal information
Born	(2000-03-20) 20 March 2000 (age 24) Turkey
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	80 kg
Club	Istanbul BB SK
Coached by	Servet Tazegül, Yakup Kartal
Medal record Representing  Turkey Taekwondo European Games 2023 Kraków 80 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya 80 kg European Junior Championships 2019 Helsingborg 80 kg World Cadet Championships 2014 Baku 61 kg

Hüseyin Kartal (born 20 March 2000) is a Turkish taekwondo athlete.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

References

1. "TaekwondoData".
2. "Büyükler Türkiye Tekvando Şampiyonası sona erdi". 22 January 2022.
3. "Milli tekvandoculardan 3 madalya". 12 August 2022.
4. "Milli tekvandocu Hüseyin Kartal bronz madalya elde etti". 25 June 2023.