Alparslan Yamanoğlu

Alparslan Yamanoğlu (born 1 January 1997) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite +84 kg and team kumite events.^[1]

Career

In 2016, Yamanoğlu won the silver medal in the team kumite event at the 2016 European Karate Championships held in Montpellier, France.^[2]

At the 2017 European Karate Championships in İzmit, Turkey, he became European champion in team kumite.^[1] Later that year, he secured a silver medal in the +84 kg kumite event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[3]

In 2018, Yamanoğlu won gold in team kumite at the 2018 European Karate Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia. The same year, at the 2018 World Karate Championships in Madrid, Spain, he earned a silver medal in team kumite and a bronze medal in the individual +84 kg event.^[4]

In 2019, he claimed another European Championship gold medal in team kumite in Guadalajara, Spain.^[5]

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