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Ali Sofuoğlu

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Ali Sofuoğlu
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Born (1995-06-03) 3 June 1995 (age 29)
Istanbul, Turkey[1]
NationalityTurkish
StyleKarate Kata
TeamKağıthane Belediyesi S.K.
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Individual kata
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest Individual kata
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest Team kata
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Madrid Individual kata
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dubai Individual kata
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dubai Team kata
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Poreč Individual kata
Gold medal – first place 2021 Poreč Team kata
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gaziantep Individual kata
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gaziantep Team kata
Gold medal – first place 2023 Guadalajara Team kata
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zadar Individual kata
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zadar Team kata
Silver medal – second place 2017 İzmit Individual kata
Silver medal – second place 2018 Novi Sad Individual kata
Silver medal – second place 2019 Guadalajara Individual kata
Silver medal – second place 2019 Guadalajara Team kata
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Adeje Team kata
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Novi Sad Team kata
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Individual kata
Silver medal – second place 2023 Krakow Individual kata
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Individual kata
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Team kata

Ali Sofuoğlu (born 3 June 1995) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kata.[2][3] He is a member of Kağıthane Belediyesi S.K.[4] In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5][6] He won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[7]

Career

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Ali Sofuoğlu was already European champion at the cadet level in 2010 and 2011. In the juniors he was runner-up three times in a row from 2011 to 2013. At the U21 level, he finally managed to win the World Championship in 2015 and also became European champion two more times in 2014 and 2016. In the adult field, he was already part of the Turkish team that won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Adeje in 2012. His next podium finish came at the 2017 European Championships in İzmit when he finished second in the singles behind Damián Quintero. He repeated this success both in 2018 in Novi Sad and in 2019 in Guadalajara, both times again behind Damián Quintero. In addition, he finished second with the team in 2018 and third in 2019. In 2018, Sofuoğlu also finished third at the World Championships in Madrid. A year later, he once again finished second behind Damián Quintero at the European Games in Minsk.

At the 2020 World Championships held in Dubai in 2021, Sofuoğlu secured third place in the individual and team events, while in Poreč he became European champion in these two disciplines. In 2022, he successfully defended his title in the individual and team events in Gaziantep. Sofuoğlu qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, also held in 2021, through the Olympic Rankings. He finished the group stage in second place behind Ryō Kiyuna with 27.32 points, advancing to the bronze medal duel against Park Hee-jun. With 27.26 points, he surpassed Park's score of 26.14 points and secured the medal. Behind Olympic champion Ryō Kiyuna and second-place finisher Damián Quintero, Ariel Torres also won a bronze medal alongside Sofuoğlu.[8]

In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5][6]

He won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[9] He won the gold medalin the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Ali Sofuoğlu". Olimpedya. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ "TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Tournament Participation List (Entries)" (PDF). 7th World Junior & Cadet Karate Championships. Retrieved 12 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Arliv" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b Barker, Philip (6 August 2021). "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Ali Sofuoğlu karatede bronz madalya kazandı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  8. ^ "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". 6 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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