Turkiye bags 19 medals in 2022 European Taekwondo Championships

By Selcuk Bugra Gokalp

ANKARA (AA) - Turkiye bagged a total of 19 medals in the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held at the Manchester Regional Arena in England from May 19-22.

The Crescent-Moons won 11 medals in the regular section, five of them gold, including Hakan Recber in the men's 63 kg category, Emre Kutalmis Atesli in the men's +87 kg category, Merve Dincel in the women's 49 kg category, Hatice Kubra Ilgun in the women's 57 kg category and Zeliha Agris in the women's 53 kg category.

Turkiye was also awarded two silver and four bronze medals.

In the para taekwondo section, Turkiye won four golds including Alican Ozcan in the men's 58 kg category, Mahmut Bozteke in the men's 63 kg category, Nurcihan Ekinci in the women's 47 kg category and Gamze Gurdal in the women's 57 kg category.

The Red-Whites were also awarded three silver medals and one bronze medal.