Hülya Senyurt
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Hülya Şenyurt is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, and the capital of Ordu Province. Estimated population c. 2010: 141,341.-Etymology:...
) is a Turkish
Turkish people
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female judoka. She won the women's bronze medal in Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
(under 48 kg) in the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
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. She became Turkey's first female and youngest Olympic medalist.
Between 1989 and 1992, Hülya Şenyurt was successful at Balkan and European Junior's Judo Championships.
Achievements
- 1989 Balkan Juniors Judo Championships in İzmirIzmirIzmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
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- bronze - 1990 European Juniors Judo Championships in İzmirIzmirIzmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
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- gold - 1991 European Juniors Judo Championships - silver
- 1992 Summer Olympics in BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
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- bronze