Yücel Gündoğdu

Yücel Gündoğdu
Born	(1985-08-10) August 10, 1985 Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Division	−65 kg
Style	Karate Kumite
Team	Istanbul BB SK
Medal record Men's karate World Championships 2008 Tokyo Team kumite 2012 Paris Team kumite European Championships 2007 Bratislava Kumite −65 kg 2006 Stavanger Team kumite 2012 Tenerife Team kumite

Yücel Gündoğdu (born 10 August 1985) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite −65 kg division.^[1][2] He is a European champion and represents Istanbul BB SK.

Gündoğdu achieved his first major success in 2005 by winning gold medals in both the −60 kg and team kumite events at the European Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships held in Thessaloniki, Greece.^[1] Later that year, he won the team kumite gold and an individual bronze in the −60 kg category at the World Junior & Cadet Karate Championships in Limassol, Cyprus.^[2]

In 2006, he became European champion in team kumite at the 2006 European Karate Championships in Stavanger, Norway.^[2] A year later, he won the European title in the −65 kg category at the 2007 European Karate Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia,^[1] and took bronze at the Italian Open.

Gündoğdu won the team kumite gold medal at the 2008 World Karate Championships in Tokyo, Japan.^[2] In 2010, he claimed multiple silver and bronze medals at the European Karate Regions Championships and the Balkan Championships.^[2]

In 2012, he took silver in team kumite at both the 2012 World Karate Championships in Paris, France, and the 2012 European Karate Championships in Tenerife, Spain.^[2] That same year, he won the −67 kg gold medal at the Balkan Championships in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.^[2]