Elif Sude Akgül
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| Born | 8 March 2006 Ordu, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Haliç University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Türkiye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 49 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elif Sude Akgül (born 8 March 2006) is a Turkish female Taekwondo practitioner.[1] She was a silver medalist at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships.[2]
Career
From Ordu,[3] she studied at the Haliç University.[4] Akgül won gold for Türkiye in the -49kg division at the 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series in Wuxi.[5]
Elif Sude Akgül won a gold medal in the 49 kg category at the European U21 Taekwondo Championship in Sarajevo in November 2024.[6][7]
A silver medalist at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in the women's flyweight division, she defeated Supharada Anya Ateşli of Germany in the quarter final and Xiaolu Fu of China in the semi-final, before finishing as runner-up to Liu You-yun of Chinese Taipei in the final.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Entry List by Country" (PDF). rhineruhr2025.com. 18 July 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "Elif Sude Akgül". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ "From Ordu to the World Arena: Elif Sude Akgül's Championship Excitement". orduyenidonem.com. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ "Haliç Athletes Reach the Top at the Turkey Open Taekwondo Tournament". Halic.edu.tr. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (17 December 2023). "Five more athletes qualified for Paris 2024 Taekwondo tournament". Inside the Games. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ https://istanbulbbsk.org/en/elif-sude-akgul-u21-european-champion
- ^ "ELİF SUDE AKGÜL, AVRUPA ŞAMPİYONU". iaskf.org. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ "National taekwondo athlete Elif Sude Akgül became the world's second". Canligaste.com. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ "Chinese Taipei and Tunisia take gold medals on day two of Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships". worldtaekwondo.org. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
External links
- Elif Sude Akgül profile at TaekwondoData
- Athlete details – Rhine-Ruhr 2025 Official