Gülnur Yerlisu

Gülnur Yerlisu

Personal information
Nationality	Turkey
Born	1973 Cologne, Germany
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	Flyweight, finweight
Medal record Women's Taekwondo Competitor for  Turkey World Championships 1993 New York City Flyweight 1991 Athens Finweight European Championships 1992 Valencia Finweight

Gülnur Yerlisu (born 1969) is a European champion Turkish female Taekwondo practitioner.^[1]

She was born 1969 in Cologne to a Turkish family in Germany.^[2][3]

Gülnur Yerlisu won the silver medal at the 1991 World Taekwondo Championships held in Athens, Greece. In 1992, she became European champion at the 1992 Championships in Valencia, Spain. AT the 1993 World Taekwondo Championships held in New York City, USA, she became bronze medalist.^[1]

Her two siblings, sister Tennur and brother Taner Bekir, are both formerly successful national taekwondo practitioners at World and European level. They run a family-owned company for martial arts equipment.^[4]

Achievements

^[1]

• 1990 International German Championships - Nürnberg, Germany -47 kg (Youth A)
• 1991 International German Championships - Idar-Oberstein, Germany -47 kg
• 1991 World Championships - Athens, Greece -43 kg
• 1992 European Championships - Valencia, Spain -43 kg
• 1993 World Championships - New York City, USA -47 kg

References

1. "Yerlisu, Tennur". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
2. "Son Dakika Gülnur Yerlisu Haberleri" (in Turkish). Yurt Gündemi. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
3. "Gülnur Yerlisu (1969 - .... )" (in Turkish). Kim Kimdir?. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
4. "Hakkımızda-Yerlisu spor malzemeleri 1982 yılında kurulmuş aile şirketidir" (in Turkish). Yerlisu. Retrieved 2013-04-28.