On the last day of 2023 Spor Toto Seniors Turkey Judo Championship organized by Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, 56 medalists in 7 weight categories were found.

Spor Toto Seniors Turkey Judo Championship, organized in cooperation with Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality’s Youth and Sports Provincial Directorate and Turkish Judo Federation, has come to an end. 689 judokas, trainers, referees and club managers from 56 provinces, 257 women and 432 men, participated in the championship. At the end of the two-day competitions, the medal winners in 7 weight categories were determined.

CHAMPIONS GIVEN MEDALS

The competitions of the last day of the championship were organized by the Head of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Youth and Sports Services Department Şemsettin Yıldırım, the President of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Kağıtspor Club Assoc. Dr. Ali Yeşildal, Turkey Judo Federation Board Member Serhan Çatal, Kocaeli Provincial Youth and Sports Director Gökhan Yavaşer, Metropolitan Sports Branch Manager Alparslan Arslan, athletes’ families and citizens watched. After the competitions, the members of the protocol gave medals to the judokas who ranked higher.

A VERY BEAUTIFUL CHAMPIONSHIP HAS BEEN COMPLETED

Şemsettin Yıldırım, Head of Youth and Sports Services Department of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, stated that they were happy to complete another very good championship and thanked Sezer Huysuz, President of Judo Federation, for leading the championships to be held in Sports City Kocaeli. Noting that they hosted about 3 thousand people with athletes, trainers and referees, Yıldırım underlined that both championships that lasted for 4 days were full.

WITH SPORTS PROJECTS FOR YOUTH

Yıldırım thanked the Kocaeli Judo lovers who did not leave them alone during the champions. Şemsettin Yıldırım, also Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Assoc. Dr. He added that such organizations will continue in the Sports City Kocaeli, which has expanded its sports network with sports projects for young people in line with the instructions of Tahir Büyükakın.

THEY WILL BRING NEW ACHIEVEMENTS TO THE SPORTS CITY KOCAELİ

Stating that as the club they attach great importance to indoor sports branches in order to represent our country in the best way in international organizations, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Kağıtspor Club President Assoc. Dr. Ali Yeşildal said, “I congratulate our judoka club, who won medals in the Junior and Senior Turkey Judo Championships. I believe that our athletes will bring new successes to the Sports City Kocaeli in Europe and in the World Championships and they will make us feel this pride. Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Assoc. Dr. We thank Tahir Büyükakın for his support.”

IN PROVINCIAL RANKING; ISTANBUL CHAMPION

At the end of the Spor Toto Seniors Turkey Judo Championship competitions, which lasted for two days in the Sports City Kocaeli, the province ranking was Istanbul in the total of medals; He took the first place with 8 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals. Kocaeli; Second place with 2 gold and 4 bronze medals, Konya; He placed third with one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

At the end of Spor Toto Seniors Turkey Judo Championship competitions, the names that took the podium were determined as follows:

Women

48 kilos: 1. Ayşe Öz (Antalya), 2. Hanife Özcan (Istanbul), 3. Gül Kader Şentürk (Istanbul), 3. Melisa Arslan (Bursa).

52 kilos: 1. Zeliha Cinci (Istanbul), 2. İlayda Merve Koçyiğit (Konya), 3. Habibe Vardar (İzmir), 3. Nagehan Gül Bayraktar (Istanbul).

57 kilos: 1. Ayşenur Karadağ (Istanbul), 2. Gülzade Korkmaz (Balıkesir), 3. Çiçek Tatar (İzmir), 3. Eda Karademir (Istanbul).

63 kilos: 1. Minel Akdeniz (Istanbul), 2. Aytek Mediha Yeksan (Istanbul), 3. Habibe Afyonlu (Balikesir), 3. Ezgi Karademir (Istanbul).

70 kilos: 1. Ümmühan Kıroğlu (Istanbul), 2. Merve Topoğlu (Istanbul), 3. Yağmur Naz Aydın (Bursa), 3. Kübra Konuk (Aksaray).

78 kilos: 1. Serdem Daharlı (Samsun), 2. Ece Zurnacı (Sakarya), 3. Gülsüm Agac (Ordu), 3. Nurcan Yılmaz (Trabzon).

+78 kilos: 1. Kübranur Esir (Istanbul), 2. Mine Kalender (Burdur), 3. Kübra Kara Müftüoğlu (Istanbul), 3. Ayben İn (Aksaray).

men

60 kilos: 1. Fırat Shooting (Istanbul), 2. Alperen Ergün (Istanbul), 3. Emirhan Karahan (Kocaeli), 3. Abdul Samet Çakır (Kocaeli),

66 kilos: 1. Abdullah Berkin Özcan (İzmir), 2. Samet Kumtaş (Istanbul), 3. Caner Fidan (Kocaeli), 3. Abdulaziz Kara (Bursa).

73 kilos: 1. Bayram Kandemir (Konya), 2. Soner Kumtaş (Istanbul), 3. Ejder Toktay (Istanbul), 3. Talha Büyükeser (Konya).

81 kilos: 1. Muhammed Mustafa Koç (Istanbul), 2. Hasan Vanlıoğlu (Istanbul), 3. Niyazi Gökçen (Kocaeli), 3. Halil Çimen (İzmir).

90 kilos: 1. Ömer Kemal Aydın (Kocaeli), 2. Cem Ata Demirtaş (Istanbul), 3. Ahmet Burak Çuhadar (Istanbul), 3. Can Guzel (Izmir).

100 kilos: 1. Mert Şişmanlar (Istanbul), 2. Batuhan Efemgil (Istanbul), 3. Feyyaz Yazıcı (Istanbul), 3. Ali Metehan Köse (Giresun).

+100 kilos: 1. Tunahan Tutar (Kocaeli), 2. Samet Bulut (Trabzon), 3. Furkan Güner (Istanbul), 3. İbrahim Halil Özmen (İzmir).

Source: (BYZHA) – Beyaz News Agency