Serap Özçelik

Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu (born February 18, 1988) is a Turkish karateka, who competes in the kumite 50–53 kg divisions.[1][2] She won a world title in 2014 and a European title in 2011, 2012 and 2014.[3]

Serap Özçelik
Özçelik at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games
Born (1988-02-18) February 18, 1988
Istanbul, Turkey
Other namesSerap Özçelik Arapoğlu
ResidenceIstanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Division-50 kg
StyleKarate, kumite
TeamEGO SK
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Turkey
World Games
2013 CaliKumite −50 kg
2017 WrocławKumite −50 kg
World Championships
2014 BremenKumite −50 kg
2018 MadridKumite −50 kg
2012 ParisKumite −50 kg
2012 ParisTeam kumite
2014 BremenTeam kumite
European Games
2015 BakuKumite −50 kg
2019 MinskKumite −50 kg
2023 Kraków-MałopolskaKumite −50 kg
European Championships
2011 ZürichKumite −50 kg
2012 AdejeKumite −50 kg
2012 AdejeTeam kumite
2014 TampereKumite −50 kg
2014 TampereTeam kumite
2018 Novi SadKumite −50 kg
2021 PorečKumite −50 kg
2022 GaziantepKumite −50 kg
2013 BudapestKumite −50 kg
2016 MontpellierKumite −50 kg
2017 İzmitTeam kumite
2023 GuadalajaraKumite −50 kg
2008 TallinnKumite −53 kg
2010 AthensKumite −55 kg
2015 IstanbulKumite −50 kg
2015 IstanbulTeam kumite
2016 MontpellierTeam kumite
2017 İzmitKumite −50 kg
2019 GuadalajaraKumite −50 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 BakuKumite −50 kg
2021 KonyaKumite −50 kg
Mediterranean Games
2013 MersinKumite −50 kg
2018 TarragonaKumite −50 kg
World University Championships
2008 WrocławKumite −53 kg
2006 New York CityKumite −53 kg

Özçelik took up karate in 2000 at Eyüp, Istanbul, and in 2005 was included to the national team. She is a member of EGO Sport Club in Ankara. Özçelik works as a teacher of physical education in Yaşar Doğu Primary School in Kağıthane, Istanbul.[4]

At the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[5] In the final she defeated Alexandra Recchia of France.

She represented Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She competed in the women's 55 kg event.[7]

She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[8]

She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[9]

References
  1. "Serap Ozcelik". Karate Records. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  2. "Karate – Ozcelik Serap". Pescara 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. "2011 European Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. Turna, Seyfullah (31 May 2012). "Kağıthanedeki Avrupa Fatihi Ögretmen..." (in Turkish). Ajans Kağıthane. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  5. "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2013 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. Pavitt, Michael (26 May 2021). "WKF confirm first 40 qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 karate competition". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  9. "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.


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