Servet Tazegül

Servet Tazegül
Tazegül at the Dutch Taekwondo Open, 2014
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1988-09-26) 26 September 1988
Nürnberg, Germany
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) (2012)
Weight68 kg (150 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportTaekwondo
Event
Featherweight (−68 kg)
ClubGaziosmanpaşa Belediyesi Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
2012 London 68 kg
2008 Beijing 68 kg
World Championships
2015 Chelyabinsk 68 kg
2011 Gyeongju 68 kg
2009 Copenhagen 68 kg
European Championships
2016 Montreux 68 kg
2014 Baku 68 kg
2012 Manchester 68 kg
2010 St. Petersberg 68 kg
2008 Rome 67 kg
Olympic Games Qualification
2011 Baku (World) 68 kg
2008 Istanbul (Europe) 68 kg
Grand Prix
2015 Manchester 68 kg
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin 68 kg
World Junior Championships
2004 Suncheon 55 kg
European Junior Championships
2005 Baku 59 kg

Servet Tazegül (pronounced [ˈseɾvet ˈtazeˈɟyl] (born 26 September 1988) is a world, Olympic and European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner of Azerbaijani origin competing in the featherweight division.

He competed in the men's 68 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China and won the bronze medal. Tazegül qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and went on to beat Iran's Mohammad Bagheri Motamed in the final, with a score of 6–5, winning the gold medal.

At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey, he won the bronze medal in the 68 kg event.