Hamide Bıkçın

Hamide Bıkçın Çetiner (born January 24, 1978) formerly known as Hamide Bıkçın Tosun is a female Turkish Taekwondo athlete, who competed in the Women's 49–57 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia and won the bronze medal.[1]

Hamide Bıkçın
Personal information
Birth nameHamide Bıkçın Tosun
Full nameHamide Bıkçın Çetiner
NationalityTurkey
Born (1978-01-24) January 24, 1978
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)Featherweight
Clubİstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Medal record
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney 57 kg
World Championships
1995 ManilaFlyweight
2007 BeijingFeatherweight
European Championships
2000 Patras55 kg
2004 Lillehammer59 kg
2008 Rome63 kg

Bıkçın took up taekwondo already aged eight. After winning the European and World championships, she married and became mother of a daughter, Zeynep. Hamide Bıkçın Tosun suspended her active fighting sports life in the years 1996 and 1997. She started again 1998 to perform taekwondo and represented Turkey at the 2000 Olympics.[2]

Achievements
  • 1995 World Taekwondo Championships in the Philippines – gold (Flyweight)
  • 2000 13th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Patras, Greece – gold (Bantamweight)[3]
  • 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia – bronze
  • 2002 7th Universiade in Berkeley, California, U.S. – gold (58 kg)[4]
  • 2002 Taekwondo Belgian Open in Lommel, Belgium – gold (Bantamweight)[5]
  • 2004 15th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships in Lilehammer, Norway – silver (Featherweight)[6]

References
  1. Hamide Bıkçın. sports-reference.com
  2. A Turkish Sports Page – Interview with Hamide Bikcin Archived 2012-07-22 at archive.today. Turkish-sports.atspace.org (2008-08-28). Retrieved on 2015-10-16.
  3. 13th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships. fullcontact.co.uk. May 4, 2000
  4. MİLLİYET İNTERNET – ALMANAK 2002. Milliyet.com.tr (1990-01-06). Retrieved on 2015-10-16.
  5. Chris Condron (April 8, 2002) TAEKWONDO- American Best medal at Belgian Open in Lommel, Belgium. U.S. Taekwondo Union. olympic-usa.org
  6. 15th European Seniors Taekwondo Championships. fullcontact.co.uk. May 6, 2004


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