Begül Löklüoğlu

Begül Löklüoğlu
Personal information
Nationality Turkish
Born (1988-08-28) 28 August 1988
Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) (2012)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb) (2012)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Women's archery
Event(s) Recurve
Club İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Coached by Cumhur Yavaş
Updated on 23 June 2012.

Begül Löklüoğlu (born 28 August 1988 in Ankara, Turkey)[1] is a Turkish female archer competing in the recurve event.[2] The 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) tall athlete at 57 kg (126 lb) is a member of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor.[3][4]

She was born to sportspeople parents, her father is archery federation's representative in Antalya and her mother a former volleyball player. Begül started with archery at the age of 13. Her two years younger brother Berkay performs also archery sport. She was educated in physical education and sports at Akdeniz University's Vocational College in Antalya.[5]

At the 2012 European Archery Championships held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Löklüoğlu won the bronze medal in the mixed team category along with Yağız Yılmaz.[6]

She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the bronze medal at the 2012 FITA Archery World Cup's Stage 3 in Ogden, Utah, USA.[7]

Löklüoğlu won the recurve women event at the 2012 European Grand Prix Archery's 2nd leg held in Sofia, Bulgaria beating her opponent Ksenia Perova from Russia with a score 6-4.[8][9]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Turkey
2005 Festival Olimpico de Tiro con Arco 2005 Merliot. El Salvador 3rd individual [10]
2006 FITA World Cup, # 1 Porec. Croatia 8th individual [10]
2007 FITA World Cup, # 3 Antalya. Turkey 6th women's team [10]
FITA World Cup, # 4 Dover. United Kingdom 8th women's team [10]
2009 FITA World Cup, # 1 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 8th women's team [10]
2012 FITA World Cup, # 2 Antalya, Turkey 7th mixed team [10]
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 4th individual [10]
3rd mixed team [10]
FITA World Cup, # 3 Ogden, Utah, USA 3rd individual [10]
European Grand Prix-2nd leg Sofia, Bulgaria 1st individual [9]

References

  1. "European Outdoor Target Championships 2012-Entries by Name" (PDF). European Archery Championships. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  2. "Archery-Begul Lokluoglu". Statistcis. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  3. "BŞB'den milli isabet". Yeni Asır (in Turkish). 12 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  4. "Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyaında-Okçuluk-Begül Löklüoğlu" (in Turkish). GSB. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  5. "Sporcu ailenin başarılı kızı...". Ajans 1 (in Turkish). 18 April 2006. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  6. "Double Gold for Kristina Berger and Rick Van Der Ven in Amsterdam". Archery. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  7. "Begul Lokluoglu from Turkey". Welt Online. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  8. "Begül'den Altın Madalya" (in Turkish). GSB Spor Genel Müdürlüğü. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  9. 1 2 "Recurve Women". European Grand Prix Archery. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Begul Lokluoglu". World Archery Federation. Retrieved 2012-06-23.


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