Mahmut Bozteke
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| Born | 5 March 1997 Para Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | K44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mahmut Bozteke (born 21 June 1997) is a Turkish
Early life
At age eleven, his arms were caught in the tail shaft of a tractor while he was working in a
Sports career
The 23-year-old athlete became the Turkish champion in Para Taekwondo before he competed internationally.[3]
He won the bronze medal in the K44 disability class in the under 61 kilograms (134 lb) weight class at the 2016 European Para Taekwondo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[2] At the 2017 World Para Taekwondo Championships in London, England, he won the silver medal in the K44 61 kilograms (134 lb) event.[6][7] Bozteke won the gold medal in the K44 61 kilograms (134 lb) event at the 2019 Para Taekwondo Championships in Bari, Italy.[8][9]
Bozteke qualified for the para-taekwondo games at the rescheduled 2020 Summer Paralympics to be held in Tokyo, Japan, beginning on 24 August 2021.[3][10] He waon one of the bronze medals in the -61 kg event.[11]
References
- ^ "Mahmut Bozteke". Team Turkey (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ a b ""Para-tekvandocu" gencin hayali beden eğitimi öğretmeni olmak". Radikal (in Turkish). 31 October 2016. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Archivedfrom the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Mahmut Bozteke: Spor beni hayata bağladı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Bedensel Engelli Sporcular Start Listesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Gaziantep Yüzme. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "İngiltere'nin başkenti Londra'da sona eren Para-Tekvando Dünya Şampiyonası'ndan Gaziantepli sporcular bir altın, bir de gümüş madalya ile döndü" (in Turkish). Gaziantep Gençlik ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Para-Tekvandoculardan 10 madalya". Habertürk (in Turkish). 20 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Para Tekvando Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda 61 kiloda mücadele eden Mahmut Bozteke altın madalya kazandı". İhlas News Agency (in Turkish). 31 October 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Para Taekwondo'da Tarihi Başarı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu. 1 November 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Paralimpik Oyunları'nda Mahmut Bozteke'den tarihi madalya". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
External links
- Mahmut Bozteke at the International Paralympic Committee
- Mahmut Bozteke at the Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi (in Turkish)