Tuba Yakan

Tuba Yakan
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1991-01-08) January 8, 1991
İzmit, Turkey
Alma materKocaeli University
Sport
SportKarate – Kumite
Weight class−55 kg
TeamKocaeli BB Kağıt SK
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest Kumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Paris Team kumite
European Karate Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Adeje Team kumite
Gold medal – first place 2013 Budapest Kumite 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tampere Team kumite
Gold medal – first place 2017 İzmit Kumite 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Istanbul Kumite 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 İzmit Team kumite
Silver medal – second place 2019 Guadalajara Kumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Istanbul Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Novi Sad Kumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Guadalajara Kumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zadar Kumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zadar Team kumite
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków Kumite 55 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Kumite 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Kumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran Kumite 55 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Kumite 55 kg

Tuba Yakan (born 8 January 1991) is a Turkish karateka competing in the 55 kg kumite division. She has won multiple titles at the European and Mediterranean Games. She is married to national karateka Mehmet Yakan.[1]

Career

Yakan won her first major international title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, where she claimed gold in the −55 kg category. In March 2015, she took silver at the 2015 European Karate Championships in Istanbul, losing the final to Emilie Thouy.[2]

She competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku but was eliminated in the group stage.[3]

After a break of nearly two years due to pregnancy and childbirth, she returned to competition in May 2017 at the 2017 European Karate Championships in Kocaeli, where she defeated Sara Cardin in the final to win gold.[4]

She took bronze at the 2018 European Karate Championships in Novi Sad and went on to claim her second Mediterranean Games title at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona.[5]

At the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, Yakan won bronze in the −55 kg category after defeating Arianne Miles Gonzales in the third-place match. Later that year, she won gold at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, defeating Abouriche Louiza in the final.[6]

In 2023, she captured the gold medal in the −55 kg category at the 2023 World Karate Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Tuba Yakan profile" (in Turkish). Turkish Karate Federation. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Yakan couple win two European silver medals". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 22 March 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Four Turkish karatekas reach European Games semifinals". Eurosport. 13 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Tuba Yakan wins gold medal". Sabah (in Turkish). 6 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Tuba Yakan returns from Europe with bronze medal". Karar (in Turkish). 17 May 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Tuba Yakan wins bronze medal". TRT Spor. 26 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  7. ^ "World Karate Federation – Results". WKF. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
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