Cengiz Yağız
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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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 December 1964 Ankara, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Men's featherweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- Cengiz Yağiz at Olympedia
- "Tarkwondo ve Tarihçe" (in Turkish). Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- "Tekvando Baskanı'na yeni bir suc duyurusu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 19 February 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- "Tekvandoda Cengiz Yağız başkan adayı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 13 September 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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