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Born | Beyşehir, Konya Province, Turkey | 20 January 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Sports science | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Selçuk University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2008– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zeliha Ağrıs (born 20 January 1998) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner who became a world champion in the bantamweight category in 2017.
Zeliha Ağrıs was born in Beyşehir, Konya Province, Turkey, on 20 January 1998. [1] [2] [3] She grew up in Konya, where her father runs a restaurant. [4]
She was a very energetic girl in her childhood. [5] She was impressed by taekwondo practitioners performing in a nearby gym. In the beginning, her father was not willing to let his daughter perform taekwondo. A trainer in the gym persuaded her father. [4] She started performing taekwondo at age ten. [4] [5] Her parents supported her later on. [5]
She is a student in the School of Sports science at Selçuk University in Konya. [6]
She debuted internationally at the 2011 European Cadets Taekwondo Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia, competing in the -41 kg event. [7]
She won her first international medal at the 2013 European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Porto, Portugal, reaching bronze in the -55 kg event. [8] In 2014, she took the silver medal in the -55 kg event at the Telleborg Open in Sweden. [9] Ağrıs received the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Daugavpils, Latvia. [4] She captured the bronze medal at the 2016 European Taekwondo Championships in Montreux, Switzerland. [10] She took the bronze medal at the ETU European Under 21 Taekwondo Championships 2017 in Sofia, Bulgaria, [11] the silver medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, [12] and the gold medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in Muju, South Korea, in the bantamweight category when she was 19 years of age. [13] She had beaten the bronze medallist, Dinorahon Mamadibragimova, in the semi-final before beating Tatiana Kudashova 11–8 in the final. [14]
Ağrıs won a bronze medal in Rome, [15] another in Moscow at the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix. [16] The same year, she won another bronze medal at the European Taekwondo Under 21 Championships in Warsaw. [17] At the G4 Extra European Taekwondo Championships held in Bari, Italy, in 2019, she captured the silver medal in the -53 kg event. [18] In 2020, she won the gold medal at the 8th Open European Clubs Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. [19] She won the silver medal in the -53 kg event at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships in Sofia. [3]
Year | Event | Location | G-Rank | Place |
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2022 | European Championships | Manchester | G-4 | 1st |
Sweden Open | Stockholm | G-1 | 2nd | |
2021 | European Championships | Sofia | G-4 | 2nd |
WT Presidents Cup - Europe | Istanbul | G-1 | 3rd | |
2020 | European Clubs Championships | Zagreb | G-1 | 1st |
German Open | Hamburg | G-1 | 1st | |
Fujairah Open | Fujairah | G-1 | 3rd | |
2019 | Extra European Championships | Bari | G-4 | 2nd |
Dutch Open | Nijmegen | G-1 | 3rd | |
US Open | Las Vegas | G-1 | 3rd | |
2018 | Grand Prix | Moscow | G-4 | 3rd |
Grand Prix | Rome | G-4 | 3rd | |
European U-21 Championships | Warsaw | G-4 | 3rd | |
Belgian Open | Lommel | G-1 | 1st | |
Spanish Open | Alicante | G-1 | 3rd | |
Egypt Open | Alexandria | G-1 | 3rd | |
Sofia Open | Sofia | G-1 | 3rd | |
2017 | World Championships | Rabat | G-12 | 1st |
European U-21 Championships | Sofia | G-4 | 3rd | |
European Clubs Championships | Antalya | G-1 | 3rd | |
2016 | WT Presidents Cup - Europe | Bonn | G-1 | 1st |
Serbia Open | Belgrad | G-1 | 1st | |
German Open | Hamburg | G-1 | 2nd | |
Croatia Open | Zagreb | G-1 | 2nd | |
European Clubs Championships | Antalya | G-1 | 3rd | |
European Championships | Montreux | G-4 | 3rd | |
2014 | European Clubs Championships | Antalya | G-1 | 1st |
Turkish Open | Antalya | G-1 | 2nd | |
Trelleborg Open | Trelleborg | G-1 | 3rd | |
2013 | European Youth Championships | Porto | G-4 | 3rd |
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Born | Beyşehir, Konya Province, Turkey | 20 January 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Sports science | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Selçuk University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2008– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zeliha Ağrıs (born 20 January 1998) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner who became a world champion in the bantamweight category in 2017.
Zeliha Ağrıs was born in Beyşehir, Konya Province, Turkey, on 20 January 1998. [1] [2] [3] She grew up in Konya, where her father runs a restaurant. [4]
She was a very energetic girl in her childhood. [5] She was impressed by taekwondo practitioners performing in a nearby gym. In the beginning, her father was not willing to let his daughter perform taekwondo. A trainer in the gym persuaded her father. [4] She started performing taekwondo at age ten. [4] [5] Her parents supported her later on. [5]
She is a student in the School of Sports science at Selçuk University in Konya. [6]
She debuted internationally at the 2011 European Cadets Taekwondo Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia, competing in the -41 kg event. [7]
She won her first international medal at the 2013 European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Porto, Portugal, reaching bronze in the -55 kg event. [8] In 2014, she took the silver medal in the -55 kg event at the Telleborg Open in Sweden. [9] Ağrıs received the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Daugavpils, Latvia. [4] She captured the bronze medal at the 2016 European Taekwondo Championships in Montreux, Switzerland. [10] She took the bronze medal at the ETU European Under 21 Taekwondo Championships 2017 in Sofia, Bulgaria, [11] the silver medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, [12] and the gold medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in Muju, South Korea, in the bantamweight category when she was 19 years of age. [13] She had beaten the bronze medallist, Dinorahon Mamadibragimova, in the semi-final before beating Tatiana Kudashova 11–8 in the final. [14]
Ağrıs won a bronze medal in Rome, [15] another in Moscow at the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix. [16] The same year, she won another bronze medal at the European Taekwondo Under 21 Championships in Warsaw. [17] At the G4 Extra European Taekwondo Championships held in Bari, Italy, in 2019, she captured the silver medal in the -53 kg event. [18] In 2020, she won the gold medal at the 8th Open European Clubs Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. [19] She won the silver medal in the -53 kg event at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships in Sofia. [3]
Year | Event | Location | G-Rank | Place |
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2022 | European Championships | Manchester | G-4 | 1st |
Sweden Open | Stockholm | G-1 | 2nd | |
2021 | European Championships | Sofia | G-4 | 2nd |
WT Presidents Cup - Europe | Istanbul | G-1 | 3rd | |
2020 | European Clubs Championships | Zagreb | G-1 | 1st |
German Open | Hamburg | G-1 | 1st | |
Fujairah Open | Fujairah | G-1 | 3rd | |
2019 | Extra European Championships | Bari | G-4 | 2nd |
Dutch Open | Nijmegen | G-1 | 3rd | |
US Open | Las Vegas | G-1 | 3rd | |
2018 | Grand Prix | Moscow | G-4 | 3rd |
Grand Prix | Rome | G-4 | 3rd | |
European U-21 Championships | Warsaw | G-4 | 3rd | |
Belgian Open | Lommel | G-1 | 1st | |
Spanish Open | Alicante | G-1 | 3rd | |
Egypt Open | Alexandria | G-1 | 3rd | |
Sofia Open | Sofia | G-1 | 3rd | |
2017 | World Championships | Rabat | G-12 | 1st |
European U-21 Championships | Sofia | G-4 | 3rd | |
European Clubs Championships | Antalya | G-1 | 3rd | |
2016 | WT Presidents Cup - Europe | Bonn | G-1 | 1st |
Serbia Open | Belgrad | G-1 | 1st | |
German Open | Hamburg | G-1 | 2nd | |
Croatia Open | Zagreb | G-1 | 2nd | |
European Clubs Championships | Antalya | G-1 | 3rd | |
European Championships | Montreux | G-4 | 3rd | |
2014 | European Clubs Championships | Antalya | G-1 | 1st |
Turkish Open | Antalya | G-1 | 2nd | |
Trelleborg Open | Trelleborg | G-1 | 3rd | |
2013 | European Youth Championships | Porto | G-4 | 3rd |