Pinar Budak

Pinar Budak
Personal information
Nationality:	Germany
Birthday:	19th November 1982
Place of birth:	Wuppertal

Pınar Budak (born November 19, 1982 in Wuppertal ) is a German Taekwondoin (graduation: 3rd Dan ).

Life

She trained at the boarding school in Swisttal . She began her sporting career in Wuppertal with the Wuppertal Tigers . Pınar Budak was a member of the German Federal Squad ( DTU ) and the NWTU -Landeskaders as well as multiple and reigning German Taekwondo champion.

Although Budak had won a starting place in the unfamiliar class up to 67 kg at the Olympic qualification tournament in Istanbul in January 2008, the German Taekwondo Union suggested Helena Fromm for the 2008 Olympic Games . After the German Olympic Sports Confederation accepted Helena Fromm's nomination, Pınar Budak resigned from top-class sport.

successes

• 1st place Dutch Open Eindhoven 2008
• 1st place US OPEN 2008 in New Orleans
• 3rd place European qualification (Istanbul / TUR) for the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing
• 1st place Int. Park Cup 2007 in Sindelfingen
• 1st place Cyprus Open 2007 in Cyprus
• 1st place European Championship 2006 in Bonn (women: up to 59 kg)
• 2nd place World Cup 2006 in Bangkok , Thailand (women: up to 59 kg)
• 3rd place European Championship 2005 in Riga , Latvia
• 1st place in the Taekwondo Bundesliga with TeamKWON, 2004/2005
• 1st place International Flora Cup 2006
• 1st place US Open 2006 (award for best female fighter), 2007
• 1st place Belgium Open 2006
• 2nd place Dutch Open 2006
• 1st place DEM 2006
• 1st place Polish Open 2005
• 1st place Austrian Open 2005
• 1st place German championship 2004
• 2nd place German Open 2004
• 1st place Belgian Open 2004
• 1st place International Park Cup 2001, 2002, 2003
• 1st place Austria Open 2003

Web links

• Pınar Budak on the pages of TaekwondoData .com