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Seçil Er

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Seçil Er
Medal record
Para Taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Istanbul K44 -65 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Manchester K44 -65 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Istanbul K44 -65 kg
European Para Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Rotterdam K44 -65 kg

Seçil Er is a Turkish world and European champion Para Taekwondo practitioner. She competes in the K44 event of the -65 kg class.

Personal life

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Seçil Er is a native of Çankırı Province's Yukarı Pleitözü village.[1]

Sports career

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Before switching over to Para Taekwondo, Er played Para-badminton. Motivated by a kickboxer friend of her, she initially wanted to practice Para Taekwondo as a hobby. Her friend's coach helped her enter the upcoming Turkish Para Taekwondo Championships. In 2019 at age 27, she started her Para Taekwondo career.[2]

She won the gold medal at the 2021 European Para Taekwondo Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey.[3] She became champion at the 2021 World Para Taekwondo Championships in Istanbul, Turkeyç[1] She took the silver medal at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dünya şampiyonu Seçil Er, memleketinde coşkuyla karşılandı". Fanatik (Turkey) (in Turkish). 19 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Dünya Şampiyonu Tekvandocu Seçil Er, Aydınlık'a konuştu: Başarının kapısını azim ve doğru antrenman açar!". Aydınlık (in Turkish). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Avrupa Para Taekwono Şampiyonası'nda Türk Rüzgarı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Paralimpik Komitesi. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Türkiye tekvandoda Avrupa şampiyonu oldu". NTV (in Turkish). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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