Fırat Pozan (born 19 November 1989) is a Turkish taekwondo athlete who has won multiple medals at the European Taekwondo Championships and represented Turkey internationally in the flyweight division.[1]

Fırat Pozan
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1989-11-19) 19 November 1989 (age 36)
Elazığ, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
Event
Flyweight (–58 kg)
ClubGazi Osman Paşa Sports Club
Medal record
Men's Taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2005 Riga54 kg
Bronze medal – third place2008 Rome58 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Manchester58 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2013 Mersin58 kg
European U21 Championships
Silver medal – second place2005 Baku48 kg

Career

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Pozan began practicing taekwondo at the age of 11 with Gazi Osman Paşa Sports Club in Istanbul.[2] In 2005, he was selected for the national team and won his first major international medal, a silver, at the European Junior Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan (–48 kg).

That same year, Pozan made his senior debut at the 2005 European Taekwondo Championships in Riga, Latvia, where he won a bronze medal in the 54 kg division.[3] In 2008, he won another bronze at the European Championships in Rome (58 kg). He repeated this achievement at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, UK, securing his third senior European bronze medal in the 58 kg division.[4]

Pozan also competed at the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing and the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, where he reached the round of 16.[5]

References

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  1. "Fırat Pozan - TaekwondoData". Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. "Fırat Pozan". sakintaekwondo.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  3. Taekwondo European Championships Men: -54 kg Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Manchester'da bir gümüş, bir bronz". NTV Spor. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. "2011 World Championships Results". TaekwondoData. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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