Cengiz_Yağız

Cengiz Yağız

Cengiz Yağız

Turkish taekwondo practitioner

Cengiz Yağız (born 21 December 1964) is a silver medalist Olympian Turkish taekwondo practitioner. He served as the president of the Turkey Taekwondo Federation between 1996–2003.

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Cengiz Yağız was born in Ankara, Turkey on 21 December 1964.[1]

Yağız won the silver medal in the featherweight division of the Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Yağız served as the president of the Turkey Taekwondo Federation from 1996 until his dismission in 2003 .[2][3][4] In 2012, he declared his intension to run again for the presidentship.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Cengiz Yağiz at Olympedia
  2. [2]
    "Tarkwondo ve Tarihçe" (in Turkish). Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Tekvando Baskanı'na yeni bir suc duyurusu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 19 February 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Tekvandoda Cengiz Yağız başkan adayı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 13 September 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2021.


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