Mehmet Vasıf Yakut
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| National team | Turkey men's national para-taekwondo team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 1989 Gevaş, Van, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2016- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disability class | K43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +75 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ali Özen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mehmet Vasıf Yakut (born 15 March 1989) is a Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner. He obtained a quota for participation at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
Private life
Mehmet Vasıf Yakut was born in Gevaş district of Van, Turkey on 15 March 1989.[2] He is disabled resulting from a birth defect.[3]
Sports career
Yakut began performin para taekwondo after he met a taekwondo practitioner in Istanbul in 2016.[3] He is 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) tall at83 kg (183 lb). He is a member of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, where he is coached by Ali Özen.[2] He competes in the sport class K43 +73 kg of Para Taekwondo.[4]
Yakut was admitted to the Turkey national team after he became runners-up and then champion in the national championships.[3]
He won a gold medal at the 2018 European Para Taekwondo Championship in Plovdiv, Bulgaria,[5] and another gold medal at the 2019 World Para Taekwondo Championship in Antalya, Turkey.[2][3] He took the silver medal at the 2019 European Para Taekwondo Championship in Bari, Italy.[2][6] He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - +75 kg, and was eliminated in the first round of the repechage match.[2][7]
References
- ^ "Paralimpik tekvandocu Tokyo 2020'de madalya hedefliyor". Yeni Akit (in Turkish). 7 February 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Paralimpik Sporcularımız: Mehmet Vasıf Yakut" (in Turkish). T,rkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d Özmüş, Sinan (7 February 2019). "Tekvandonun 'engel' tanımayan sporcuları". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Para Taekwondo'da Heyecan Başlıyor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Türkiye para-tekvandoda Avrupa'nın zirvesinde". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). 10 June 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Para tekvandoda 6 olimpiyat kotası". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 1 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Mehmet Vasif Yakut". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
