Levent Tuncat
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| Nationality |
 Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
29 July 1988 Duisburg, North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 58 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TKD Center Laar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Cevdet Mutlu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Levent Tuncat (born July 29, 1988 in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German taekwondo practitioner of Turkish descent.[1] He won a total of three gold medals for the 54 and 58 kg classes at the European Taekwondo Championships (2005 in Riga, Latvia, 2006 in Bonn, Germany, and 2008 in Rome, Italy).[2][3]
Tuncat qualified for the men's 58 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the World Qualification Tournament in Manchester, England.[4][5] He lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Afghanistan's Rohullah Nikpai, with a sudden death score of 3–4.[6]
References
- ↑ "Levent Tuncat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ "Caroline Fisher wins silver in Rome". Women's Sport Report. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ "Sechs deutsche Medaillen bei der Euro 2005 in Riga" [Six German medals at the Euro 2005 in Riga] (in German). Team Kwon Bundesliga. 10 December 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ "Korea, France, Chinese Taipei and Cuba Surge Ahead at World Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ Henson, Joaquin (13 August 2008). "Team RP jins face uphill battle". Sports Hub (Philippine Star). Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 58kg (128 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
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