Levent Tuncat

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Levent Tuncat Taekwondo
Personal information
Nationality: GermanyGermany Germany
Birthday: July 29, 1988
Place of birth: Duisburg
Medals

Levent Tuncat (born July 29, 1988 in Duisburg ) is a Turkish-born German Taekwondoin (graduation: 3rd Dan ).

Athletic career

Tuncat is multiple national champion with the students and youth in the North Rhine-Westphalian Taekwondo Union (NWTU). In 2003 and 2005 he was runner-up in the European Championship for young people. At the European Championships 2005 in Riga Levent Tuncat won the final in the men's weight class up to 54 kg. At the European Championships in Greece in 2000, the starters Aziz Acharki , Faissal Ebnoutalib and Erol Denk became European champions. At the 2006 European Championships, which were held in Bonn from May 26th to 28th, Tuncat was able to defend his title and became European Champion for the second time. At the European Championships 2008, which were held in Rome from April 10th to 13th, Tuncat won the title again and was thus European champion in three different weight classes for the third time. At the end of September 2007 Tuncat was able to secure an Olympic starting place for Germany in the weight class up to 58 kg at the world qualification tournament in Manchester . Germany therefore sent the maximum number of four athletes to the 2008 Olympic Games . In Beijing Levent Tuncat was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Rohullah Nikpai from Afghanistan. He won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Games in Baku .

successes

  • European Champion 2008 in Rome , men up to 62 kg
  • European champion 2006 in Bonn , men up to 58 kg
  • European Champion 2005 in Riga , men up to 54 kg
  • Vice European Youth Champion 2005 in Baku
  • Vice European Youth Champion 2003 in Athens
  • 5th place World Championship Seniors 2007 in Beijing
  • 14 × German champions (2002–2009 / 2013)
  • 1st place Luxor Open 2014 in Egypt
  • 1st place Israel Open 2013 in Tel Aviv
  • 1st place Croatia Open 2011 in Zagreb
  • 1st place British Open 2011 in Manchester
  • 1st place British Open 2009 in Manchester
  • 1st place US Open 2008 in New Orleans
  • 1st place US Open 2007 in Orlando
  • 1st place Polish Open 2006
  • 1st place in the Dutch Open 2004/2005/2013 in Eindhoven
  • 1st place German Open 2004
  • 1st place Swedish Open 2010
  • 1st place Tübinger Pokal 2011
  • 1st place La Sila Open 2002/2004
  • 1st place Flora Pokal 2002/2004
  • 1st place Catalanen Cup 2004 in Barcelona
  • 2nd place Manchester Olympic qualification world level 2007

Honors

Levent Tuncat was honored on the occasion of the state championship in Taekwondo on December 18, 2005 in Schleiden ( Eifel ) by NRW Interior Minister Ingo Wolf and awarded for his first European championship title. Furthermore, he received the Golden Badge of Honor of the NWTU from the hands of the NWTU President Josef Wagner. He received the golden badge of honor with a silver laurel wreath from the President of the DTU. In April 2008 he was voted Duisburg Sportsman of the Year 2007 by the local press.

Cadre

Levent Tuncat is an active member of the German Federal Squad (DTU) and the NWTU regional squad.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report Luxor Open 2014  ( page no longer available , search in [tt_news = 619 & cHash = 06e0b9fe33 web archives])  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at nwtu.de, accessed on March 24, 2014.[tt_news = 619 & cHash = 06e0b9fe33 @ 1][tt_news = 619 & cHash = 06e0b9fe33 @ 2]Template: Toter Link / www.nwtu.de  
  2. ↑ British Open 2011 ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on dtu.de, accessed on March 24, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dtu.de
  3. ↑ Taekwondo: Olympic debutant Levent Tuncat knows "Hard work is worth it" . Interview on reviersport.de from July 4, 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Tuncat, Levent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Taekwondoin
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg