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 (age 35) Istanbul, Turkey
Other names	Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu
Residence	Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Division	-50 kg
Style	Karate, kumite
Team	EGO SK
Medal record Women's karate Representing  Turkey World Games 2013 Cali Kumite −50 kg 2017 Wrocław Kumite −50 kg World Championships 2014 Bremen Kumite −50 kg 2018 Madrid Kumite −50 kg 2012 Paris Kumite −50 kg 2012 Paris Team kumite 2014 Bremen Team kumite European Games 2015 Baku Kumite −50 kg 2019 Minsk Kumite −50 kg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Kumite −50 kg European Championships 2011 Zürich Kumite −50 kg 2012 Adeje Kumite −50 kg 2012 Adeje Team kumite 2014 Tampere Kumite −50 kg 2014 Tampere Team kumite 2018 Novi Sad Kumite −50 kg 2021 Poreč Kumite −50 kg 2022 Gaziantep Kumite −50 kg 2013 Budapest Kumite −50 kg 2016 Montpellier Kumite −50 kg 2017 İzmit Team kumite 2023 Guadalajara Kumite −50 kg 2008 Tallinn Kumite −53 kg 2010 Athens Kumite −55 kg 2015 Istanbul Kumite −50 kg 2015 Istanbul Team kumite 2016 Montpellier Team kumite 2017 İzmit Kumite −50 kg 2019 Guadalajara Kumite −50 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku Kumite −50 kg 2021 Konya Kumite −50 kg Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Kumite −50 kg 2018 Tarragona Kumite −50 kg World University Championships 2008 Wrocław Kumite −53 kg 2006 New York City Kumite −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. (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. (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. (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
8. (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
9. (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

External links

•   Media related to Serap Özçelik at Wikimedia Commons
• "Delihasan: Bu Gurur Hepimizin" (in Turkish). Türkiye Karate Federasyonu. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
• "Serap Özçelik, Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda dördüncü kez bronz madalya kazandı". Euro Sport Karate (in Turkish). 6 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
• Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu – World Karate Federation ranking
• Serap Özçelik at KarateRec.com
• Serap Özçelik at Olympedia  
• Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu at Olympics.com
• Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu at the Turkish National Olympic Committee