Levent Tuncat

Levent Tuncat
Personal information
Nationality  Germany
Born (1988-07-29) 29 July 1988
Duisburg, North Rhine-
Westphalia
, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) 58 kg
Club TKD Center Laar
Coached by Cevdet Mutlu

Levent Tuncat (born July 29, 1988 in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German taekwondo practitioner of Turkish descent.[1] He won a total of three gold medals for the 54 and 58 kg classes at the European Taekwondo Championships (2005 in Riga, Latvia, 2006 in Bonn, Germany, and 2008 in Rome, Italy).[2][3]

Tuncat qualified for the men's 58 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the World Qualification Tournament in Manchester, England.[4][5] He lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Afghanistan's Rohullah Nikpai, with a sudden death score of 3–4.[6]

References

  1. "Levent Tuncat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  2. "Caroline Fisher wins silver in Rome". Women's Sport Report. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  3. "Sechs deutsche Medaillen bei der Euro 2005 in Riga" [Six German medals at the Euro 2005 in Riga] (in German). Team Kwon Bundesliga. 10 December 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. "Korea, France, Chinese Taipei and Cuba Surge Ahead at World Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  5. Henson, Joaquin (13 August 2008). "Team RP jins face uphill battle". Sports Hub (Philippine Star). Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  6. "Men's 58kg (128 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.