Ali Şahin (taekwondo)

Ali Şahin
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1967-06-02) June 2, 1967
Konya, Turkey
Weight+83 kg
Sport
Country Turkey
SportTaekwondo
Event+83 kg
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 New York +83 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Aarhus +83 kg
Silver medal – second place 1988 Ankara +83 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Seefeld +83 kg

Ali Şahin (born 2 June 1967) is a Turkish taekwondo coach and former heavyweight competitor. He has achieved success as both an athlete and a coach for the Turkish national taekwondo team. He is the brother of Metin Şahin.

Athletic career

Şahin was born in Konya, Turkey. He competed in the heavyweight division (+83 kg) for Turkey in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won the bronze medal at the 1986 European Taekwondo Championships in Seefeld, Austria.[1] He won silver at the 1988 European Taekwondo Championships in Ankara,[2] and became European champion at the 1990 European Taekwondo Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.[3] Şahin also won a silver medal at the 1993 World Taekwondo Championships in New York.[4]

Coaching career

After his athletic career, Şahin became the head coach of the Turkish national taekwondo team in 2004.[5] As coach, he led athletes to multiple world championship titles and Olympic medals.[5]

Şahin was named "Coach of the Year" by World Taekwondo in 2018 at the WT Gala in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. He received the same recognition at the 2019 USA Open in Las Vegas after Turkish athletes earned multiple medals at the event.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Resultlist – 1986 European Taekwondo Championships". TaekwondoData. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Resultlist – 1988 European Taekwondo Championships". TaekwondoData. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Resultlist – 1990 European Taekwondo Championships". TaekwondoData. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  4. ^ "ALI SAHIN – New York 1993 Medalists". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Ali Şahin, filmlere özenerek çıktığı yolda yılın antrenörü seçildi". Fanatik. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Ali Şahin'e ABD'de Ödül". Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  7. ^ "'Dünyanın en iyi taekwondo hocası; Ali Şahin!'". Sporx. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Ali Şahin yılın hocası". Memleket. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
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