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Tuba Yakan

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Tuba Yakan
Image
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1991-01-08) January 8, 1991 (age 35)
İzmit, Turkey
EducationKocaeli University
Sport
SportKarate – Kumite
Weight class
−55 kg
TeamKocaeli BB Kağıt SK
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing Image Turkey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 BudapestKumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 ParisTeam kumite
European Karate Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 AdejeTeam kumite
Gold medal – first place2013 BudapestKumite 55 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 TampereTeam kumite
Gold medal – first place2017 İzmitKumite 55 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 IstanbulKumite 55 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 İzmitTeam kumite
Silver medal – second place2019 GuadalajaraKumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 IstanbulTeam kumite
Bronze medal – third place2018 Novi SadKumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 GuadalajaraKumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 ZadarKumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 ZadarTeam kumite
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 KrakówKumite 55 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 MersinKumite 55 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 TarragonaKumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 OranKumite 55 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2021 KonyaKumite 55 kg

Tuba Yakan (born 8 January 1991) is a Turkish karateka competing in the 55 kg kumite division. She has won multiple titles at the European and Mediterranean Games. She is married to national karateka Mehmet Yakan.[1]

Career

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Yakan won her first major international title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, where she claimed gold in the −55 kg category. In March 2015, she took silver at the 2015 European Karate Championships in Istanbul, losing the final to Emilie Thouy.[2]

She competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku but was eliminated in the group stage.[3]

After a break of nearly two years due to pregnancy and childbirth, she returned to competition in May 2017 at the 2017 European Karate Championships in Kocaeli, where she defeated Sara Cardin in the final to win gold.[4]

She took bronze at the 2018 European Karate Championships in Novi Sad and went on to claim her second Mediterranean Games title at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona.[5]

At the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, Yakan won bronze in the −55 kg category after defeating Arianne Miles Gonzales in the third-place match. Later that year, she won gold at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, defeating Abouriche Louiza in the final.[6]

In 2023, she captured the gold medal in the −55 kg category at the 2023 World Karate Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[7]

References

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  1. ↑ "Tuba Yakan profile" (in Turkish). Turkish Karate Federation. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Yakan couple win two European silver medals". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 22 March 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Four Turkish karatekas reach European Games semifinals". Eurosport. 13 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Tuba Yakan wins gold medal". Sabah (in Turkish). 6 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Tuba Yakan returns from Europe with bronze medal". Karar (in Turkish). 17 May 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Tuba Yakan wins bronze medal". TRT Spor. 26 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "World Karate Federation – Results". WKF. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
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