Turkey wins 6 medals in World Karate Championships
- Sports
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 12 November 2018
- Modified Date: 10:08 | 12 November 2018
Turkey won six medals at the World Karate Championships in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
The tournament ended on Sunday night. Eleven men and nine women players represented Turkey at the championships.
Turkey claimed two silver and four bronze medals.
Turkish Men's Kumite National Team came second while Turkish Women's Kata National Team came third.
Turkey's Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu won silver in the women's 50-kg Kumite competition.
In the men's Kumite competition, Turkey's Alparslan Yamanoğlu won a bronze medal at plus 84-kg while Uğur Aktaş clinched a bronze medal in the 84-kg category.
Ali Sofuoğlu, another Turkish athlete, bagged a bronze medal in Kata category, which makes him Turkey's first medal winner in the category at the championships.
Some 1,200 karate players from 139 countries participated.