Our 2020 Tokyo Olympics Achievements: How Many Medals Did Turkey Win?

In these challenging times our country is going through, our athletes have brought smiles to our faces and made us proud, adding success upon success at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The Tokyo Olympics will conclude on 8 August 2021. So how many medals did Turkey win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics? We have compiled Turkey's achievements and medal-winning athletes for you... Turkey has won a total of 6 medals so far; -National athlete Mete Gazoz won the gold medal in archery, bringing Turkey its first Olympic gold medal. Who is Mete Gazoz? National athlete Mete Gazoz was born in Istanbul on 8 June 1999 and has been training in archery since childhood. The 19-year-old Mete Gazoz, who has continued his career at the Istanbul Archery Youth and Sports Club for many years, represented Turkey for the first time at the European Games held in Baku in 2015. -National wrestler Yasemin Adar won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games by pinning her Kyrgyz opponent Aiperi Medet Kyzy in the 76-kilogram category. Who is Yasemin Adar? World champion in 2017 and European champion four consecutive times during 2016-2019. -National wrestler Rıza Kayaalp, competing in men's Greco-Roman 130 kilograms at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, lost to his arch-rival Cuban Mijain Lopez Nunez 2-0 in the semi-final and missed his chance at the gold medal. Kayaalp took to the mat for the bronze medal match and won 7-2 against Iran's Amin Mirzazadeh to secure the bronze. Who is Rıza Kayaalp? Rıza Kayaalp (born 10 October 1989, Yozgat) is a Turkish wrestler. The athlete competing in Greco-Roman 130 kilograms continues his career within ASKİ Sports Club. He has been world champion 4 times and European champion 10 times. He won silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics. -National taekwondo athlete Hatice Kübra İlgün won the bronze medal competing at 57 kilograms at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Who is Hatice Kübra İlgün? Hatice Kübra İlgün is a Turkish taekwondo athlete. She is a student at Uludağ University. She is an athlete for Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club. İlgün won the silver medal in the 57-kilogram competition at the 2017 World Championship. -National taekwondo athlete Hakan Reçber won the bronze medal in the 68-kilogram category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, bringing Turkey its first medal at the event. Who is Hakan Reçber? Hakan Reçber is a Turkish taekwondo athlete. He continues his work as an athlete for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club. He won the silver medal at the 2018 European Taekwondo Championship in the 63-kilogram category and the gold medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championship. He won the bronze medal in the 68-kilogram category at the 2020 Summer Olympics. -Ferhat Arıcan won the bronze medal in the men's artistic gymnastics parallel bars final, earning Turkey its first-ever medal in gymnastics at the Olympics.

Who is Ferhat Arıcan? He was born on 28 July 1993. He won the bronze medal in the parallel bars category at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin in 2013.

The National Women's Volleyball Team continues to play towards the top at the Olympics. Following their performance in Group B, the Queens of the Net advanced to the quarter-finals. Their first opponent was South Korea, which finished 3rd in Group A. The National Team will compete against South Korea in the quarter-finals on 4 August.

  Sources: Cumhuriyet, Wikipedia