NUMBER OF MEDALS INCREASED TO 102
Buse Naz Çakıroğlu won the silver medal in the women’s 51 kg boxing final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, bringing Turkey’s number of Olympic medals to 102. Turkey, which was represented for the first time in the world’s largest sports organization in London 1908, has collected 91 medals, including 39 gold, 26 silver and 27 bronze, in 6 different branches until Tokyo 2020.
In the first 13 days of Tokyo 2020, Turkey won gold in archery with Mete Gazoz, silver in karate with Eray Şamdan, in taekwondo with Hakan Reçber and Hatice Kübra İlgün, in wrestling with Rıza Kayaalp and Yasemin Adar, and in gymnastics with Ferhat Arıcan. The number of medals, which was 91 before the Games, was moved to 98 with the degrees received here.
On the 14th day of the Games, Taha Akgül in 125 kg freestyle wrestling and Ali Sofuoğlu in karate kata won bronze medals and the number reached 100. About half an hour after the two national athletes, Merve Çoban, who made the semi-final match in kumite 61 kg, increased this number to 101 with the bronze medal, and Buse Naz Çakıroğlu’s winning the silver medal increased the number of Olympic medals to 102 in Turkey. The number of medals of Turkey in Tokyo 2020 increased to 10, including 1 gold, 2 silver and 8 bronze.
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