3 Arican earned a bronze medal with 15.633 points in the men's parallel bars final. Gymnast Arican seals first-ever gymnastics medal for Turkeyįerhat Arican, 28, also made history in Tokyo by bringing home the first-ever Olympic medal for Turkey in gymnastics. Silver: Eray Samdan (karate), Buse Naz Cakiroglu (boxing)īronze: Hakan Recber, Hatice Kubra Ilgun (Taekwondo), Ferhat Arican (gymnastics), Riza Kayaalp, Yasemin Adar, Taha Akgul (wrestling), Ali Sofuoglu, Merve Coban, Ugur Aktas (karate) Gold: Mete Gazoz (archery), Busenaz Surmeneli (boxing) Surmeneli defeated China’s Gu Hong 3-0 to secure the first-ever Olympics medal in boxing for Turkey. Turkey took its second and final gold in Tokyo in women's boxing when Busenaz Surmeneli, 23, became the Olympic welterweight champion on Saturday, the Games’ penultimate day.
It was Turkey's first gold in Tokyo as well. Gazoz, 22, beat Italy's Mauro Nespoli 6-4 in the gold medal match. On July 31 Mete Gazoz took the gold in the men's individual archery final, bringing Turkey its first-ever Olympic medal for archery. Turkey earned two gold medals at Tokyo 2020, in archery and boxing. Turkey enjoyed its best Olympics ever in the Japanese capital, beating its medal record from London 1948, where it bagged 12 Olympic medals – six golds, four silvers, and two bronzes. Turkey ranked 35th in this year’s medal ranking, led by the US and China in the top two slots.
Turkey this year won two gold medals, two silvers, and nine bronzes in the Games, postponed from last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Team Turkey brought home with 13 medals from Tokyo 2020, making it the best Olympic performance in the nation’s history, breaking a 73-year record.
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